i say the punishment for phone hacking should be the removal of all the fingers from both hands.
the amount of damage to the dowlers they did is unforgiveable and no amount of compensation can be enough.
if these jonos were found dead i wouldnt lose any sleep.
scum the lot of them.
........... and now, yet another part of the Murdoch empire' has admitted a crimial offence, this time Sky News, who've admitted illegally hacking emails belonging to members of the public on two separate occasions.
Though the broadcaster released a statement which said: "Sky News is committed to the highest editorial standards", obviously not all the time though.
Sky News is part of BSkyB, which is 39% owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, and as some one said, "It's extremely sensitive, because Sky News is a subsidiary of BSkyB, which is currently under investigation by Ofcom to see whether it is fit and proper to continue holding a broadcasting licence"
Double Standards for the Rich ? Rupert Murdoch cannot be held responsible for what his staff did because he probably did not know, is it not his job to know ? if you find a member of staff abusive in Asda do you not report the incident to the duty manager, or do you think well it isn't Asda's fault, of course owners have to be held responsible for what thier employees do, that is thier job, to know what is going on within thier businesses, I don't care how big thier empire is, they have enough employees watching employees and something going on which could lose you your business or tear down your empire is kinda important without evening considering the morals of what your employees are up to.
The days of "shit rolls down hill" and the buck stopping with the lowliest member of the organisation ended long ago, owners, shareholders, CEOs and all the rest should realise that they cannot hide from responsibility.
Even in the states and I am sure in British corridors, not telling the President/boss what is going on is percieved to give them a good "deniability clause" but they should then be charged/impeached for incompetence.
If you were to find an abusive member of staff in Asda and contacted head office thier first question would be "why did the manager not know what was going on in his store" and that should rise up through the heirachy, as in why did the area manager not know that his Manager did not know what was going on in his shop and what about the regional manager not knowing his area manager was not on the ball.
and isnt it interesting that sky news did not broadcast the story that one of its chiefs ws involved with phone hacking at its hq.
they clearly did not consider it news worthy yet panned anyone else involved with phone hacking.
you had to hear it from other news agencies as sky tried to brush it under the carpet.
and no doubt once it became publish and james murdoch was director at bskyb he would have been made to answer more questions if he had not resigned first.
its a complete rotten defend them at all.
Progress at last, well the next stage anyway...........
Four files relating to alleged offences committed by journalists have been sent to the Crown Prosecution Service to consider if charges can be brought.
The cases concern allegations of misconduct in a public office, perverting the course of justice, witness intimidation and harassment. Interception of communications, thought to be phone hacking, is also included.
Though the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, has not give a timescale for making a decision on charges.
The four files relate to four of the five police operations currently under way:
:arrow: Operation Weeting which looking at alleged phone hacking;
:arrow: Operation Elveden looking at alleged illegal payments made to police;
:arrow: Operation Sacha into allegations concerning former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks, her husband and a laptop; and
:arrow: Operation Kilo looking at leaks from within the Operation Weeting police team.
The fifth investigation is known as Operation Tuleta and is looking into a number of allegations regarding breach of privacy which fall outside the remit of Operation Weeting, including computer hacking.
At the High Court, Mr Justice Vos is deciding issues concerned with a second wave of litigation over phone hacking claims against News Group Newspapers.
Hugh Tomlinson QC said there were 4,791 potential victims in total, of whom the police had contacted 1,892 people.
Seems that Operation Weeting, which looking at alleged phone hacking, still has some way to go
Rupert Murdoch has told the Leveson Inquiry there was a "cover-up" at the News of the World (NoW) but that he and senior executives were "shielded" from the extent of phone-hacking at the tabloid, which he was forced to close.
On claims that "one rogue reporter" was responsible for phone-hacking, Mr Murdoch said senior executives were all misinformed about its extent. "I do blame one or two people for that... someone took charge of a cover up we were victim to and I regret that."
Lets hope he's right, but just to make sure lets hope the Leveson comes up with suggestions that should stop this happening again.
So then, the Media Committee of the House of Commons has ruled that Murdoch is not fit to run a major international company.
Just who the fuck do they think they are?
John Whittingdale, the Chairman of the committee is weak. To have allowed Tom Watson free reign to include such a statement n their findings demeans the whole credibility and standing of the committee. To watch that Pratt grinning like a Cheshire cat whilst their 'verdict' was being delivered just shows what an idiot he is.
Will Mr Murdoch senior care a flying fuck? I doubt it. News Media International shares up today which is all that matters, not the comment of a half brained self serving also-ran no mark like Watson.
Grrrrrrrr
whilst OFFCOM are in their own words monitoring the situation.....Rupert Murdoch should give a flying fuck. Also where his real problem may yet lie is in the States....due to the situation the FBI are now looking into News Corp there !!! It is rumoured James is going to step down from News Corp, to try and stem the problems. Tom Watson through all this has been in my view the real honest rock. He has asked the difficult questions...he has probed where, the Police failed to. If it wasn't for honest people like Tom Watson, this would of been swept under the carpet. If only the House of Commons were filled with all Tom Watson type people, it would be a far better place !!
The news of the world did hack Milly Dowlers phone messages .... the error was in the accusation that they deleted them