Since when was closing the News of the World an act of press freedom?
Tag Archive for News of the World
News of the World and Media Plurality
by Lord Soley • • 7 Comments
Should the News of the World have been closed or should the managers and owners resigned or been sacked. Closing a 150 year old newspaper was wrong.
Leveson Inquiry
by Lord Soley • • 15 Comments
Well – I knew there were some pretty dodgy operations going on at News International but I didn’t think the payments to the police and other organisations were as extensive as they apparently are. In the past I was hearing rumours of hacking, dodgy payments and off course, sexual harrassment at the Sun but I was…
News of the World
by Lord Soley • • 19 Comments
I don’t like the News of the World but I like closing newspapers even less. This is Rupert Murdoch trying to get out of a very deep hole. What about the staff who are suddenly on the dole when no senior person loses their job and the main charges are still unanswered? There are many…
News of the World and Hacking
by Lord Soley • • 12 Comments
Every time someone says it can’t get any worse – it does! Many of us knew that hacking was more extensive then the press was admitting but you could never prove it. I didn’t think it would have happened in these horrific murder cases. I would have hoped common human decency would have prevailed. I think…