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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:13 pm
by Skjellyfetti
Cops say it doesn't appear suspicious... but, we all know what REALLY happened.
London police say Sean Hoare, the whistleblower reporter who alleged widespread hacking at the News of the World, has been found dead.
Police said Hoare's death at his home in England was not considered to be suspicious, according to Britain's Press Association news agency.
Hoare was quoted by The New York Times as saying that phone-hacking was widely used and even encouraged at the News of the World tabloid under then-editor Andy Coulson.
Coulson -- who most recently served as Prime Minister David Cameron's communications chief, was arrested as part of the widening investigation into phone hacking and police corruption.
Earlier Monday, Britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal walloped the London police force, as the rapid-fire resignations of two top officers were followed by claims of possible illegal eavesdropping, bribery and collusion. U.K officials immediately vowed to investigate.
Prime Minister David Cameron, feeling the political heat from his own close ties to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media empire, cut short his trip to Africa and called an emergency session of Parliament for Wednesday so he could address lawmakers on the scandal.
The crisis has triggered upheaval in the upper ranks of Britain's police. Monday's resignation of Assistant Commissioner John Yates — Scotland Yard's top anti-terrorist officer — followed that Sunday of police chief Paul Stephenson — both for links to an arrested former executive from Murdoch's shuttered News of the World tabloid.
The high-profile resignations came on the eve of a highly anticipated televised public grilling of Murdoch and his son James by U.K. lawmakers.
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Re: Paging expandspanos....
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:15 pm
by 93henfan
Fucking buildaburgers!
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:22 pm
by Ivytalk
93henfan wrote:**** buildaburgers!
And we all know that Murdoch bankrolls the buildaburgers!
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:51 pm
by dbackjon
Ivytalk wrote:93henfan wrote:**** buildaburgers!
And we all know that Murdoch bankrolls the buildaburgers!
Are they related to the buildabears?
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:57 pm
by Ivytalk
dbackjon wrote:Ivytalk wrote:
And we all know that Murdoch bankrolls the buildaburgers!
Are they related to the buildabears?
Maybe, Jon, but I was thinking more like Ronald McDonald!
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Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:35 pm
by CID1990
To me, I think the media is missing the bigger story here, and that of course is to be expected.
Most media types are not exactly the pillars of integrity they claim to be. Personally, I don't care if they are or not. I would like for the media to hold itself to a high standard, but I am just too cynical to expect it. I find it somewhat amusing that the non-Murdoch outlets are running this thing into the ground. They are, after all, For Profit organizations and therefore susceptible to market pressures. This is one of them.
What IS disturbing to me is what appears to be the widespread corruption on the part of public officials in the UK. Things like this are not allowed to happen with just one or two cops knowing about it. The same goes for government officials. These people rightly need to be held accountable, and jail time would be the appropriate measure in this case, I think. Of course, our media sources will give short shrift to that, when their real focus (motivated by ratings and therefore money) is on Murdoch.
As for FOX, I am fairly sure that their contacts and past breaking news bits will be scoured for any hint of this kind of activity. I'd say if we don't hear anything within the next month, we can safely assume that FOX stayed out of this mess.