phone hacking scandal

[retching oesophagus]

has anyone been following the phone hacking scandal that's taking place in the uk.

one of rupert murdoch's papers the news of the world has been found hacking illegally into the phones of 4000 people over the past 10 years. many people have complained but they were either paid off or blackmailed into silence by news international. now it turns out that the government had been covering this up from the public as well by hindering or advising against investigation as rupert murdoch exerts too much political power through his newspapers and they don't want to upset him in fear of damaging negative press. david cameron the prime minister is in serious trouble at the moment as he brought one of the editors of news of the world into his cabinet and is now seen as a puppet of murdoch, doing all of his bidding. the editors of news of the world have also admitted to paying the local police for secret information. news of the world was shut down today but it could be that many more papers could be involved in this scandal as well.


there have been loads of awful stories recently including the one of murdered school girl Millie Dowler back in 2002. there are even worse allegations to come as well apparently. the latests reports are that murdoch ordered the phone hacking of 9/11 victims and their families and that news international could be investigated by the US department of justice for bribery.

read up about it. its great. hopefully it will get rid of murdochs grip on world politics.

[Aldentron]

I did read about this on my Google Reader. I didn't realize people took News International and its ilk seriously, though.

[retching oesophagus]

Originally Posted by Aldentron

I did read about this on my Google Reader. I didn't realize people took News International and its ilk seriously, though.

people do. news international control a lot of the media in the uk. and they've been trying to monopolise it by buying out broadcaster bskyb and by getting the government to get rid of its main competitor the bbc. their papers are the equivalent of fox news they're just thinly veiled propaganda supporting whatever murdoch's agenda is. their tabloids are popular for their celebrity exclusives and sell millions of copies a week but they always try to sensationalise and misinform and they often attack and single out against most minorities. because of this they're able to shape the political opinion of the public quite easily and also decide the results of elections. they can coerce politicians by threatening to release stories about them and nobody can stand up to them because they are too powerful. murdoch has been trying to influence the politics of this country for a long time now. for example he strongly encouraged tony blair to enter the iraq war and lie about wmds in order to get support for the next election. police and politicians have known about the phone hacking for a long time but they haven't been able to admit that it had been widespread as they are too afraid of him.

the the fact that they're hacking into phones on such a large scale is serious enough, a couple of their senior editors have admitted to paying the police for secret information. if it's proven they and the head of news international knew about the hacking then they could all be locked up. companies bribing foreign police is also a crime in the US and as news internationals parent company news corp is based in the US they could be under investigation and eventually be done by them. so much more could happen in this story. it could be that murdoch media in the US like fox news also phone hacks...

[00Razor00]

such a srs topic

[LJRoX]

hi I have a touhou avatar but I don't play touhou
woopie

[00Razor00]

Originally Posted by LJRoX

hi I have a touhou avatar but I don't play touhou
woopie

I missed the part where I'm supposed to give a shit.

Woopie.

[retching oesophagus]

wow this is amazing. it talks about the news of worlds corrupt relationship with the police, how often they lie and bribe them and how they don't investigate properly. and also how they harassed and spied on a detective during a murder case and have been protecting known criminals and suspects. they've already been hacking into the phones of murder victims and their bereaving families and harassing them, tampering with evidence and inflicting emotional abuse on them. eg the millie dowler case.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/11/wo...ewanted=1&_r=1

murdoch shares have already dropped billions of dollars in value of late.

[Reincarnate]

lol rupert mudoch is such a ****wit

what a disgusting, despicable primate. people like him do our country a *lot* more harm than good.

[Jousway]

why so srs


anyways gov has always been corrupted old news

[retching oesophagus]

Originally Posted by Jousway

why so srs


anyways gov has always been corrupted old news

because it is a really serious topic. this is about rupert murdoch and news international. how they have far too much power and they have been abusing it and acting above the law. seriously now they're like a secret police spying on everyone and getting their private details anyway they can . now they're being accused of treason because they were buying information off royal family security guards. i heard that murdoch is considering selling all of news international right now, hopefully hes done for in this country.

ps what is the coverage for this is like the across the Atlantic guys? i guess there will be no mention of it on fox news

[Reincarnate]

the fact that many, MANY people consider fox news to be a reputable, reliable, fair news source is in itself pretty sickening

[G.S.M]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

the fact that many, MANY people consider fox news to be a reputable, reliable, fair news source is in itself pretty sickening

indeed

people are f***ing morons if they rely on the news

derp herp herping derp the herp the derping herpy derp

that's all I see if the news is on

[retching oesophagus]

Originally Posted by G.S.M

indeed

people are f***ing morons if they rely on the news

derp herp herping derp the herp the derping herpy derp

that's all I see if the news is on

wow people relying on news what next. people trying to be informed about things?

i guess you don't really care what's happening in the world and or try to understand what is being reported do you.

also :facepalm: for failing to make a distinction between 'fox news' and any news. you're a perfect sucker for murdoch.

anyone seen jon stewarts take on it yet

http://gawker.com/5820243/jon-stewar...-world-scandal

[G.S.M]

Originally Posted by retching oesophagus

wow people relying on news what next. people trying to be informed about things?

i guess you don't really care what's happening in the world and or try to understand what is being reported do you.

also :facepalm: for failing to make a distinction between 'fox news' and any news. you're a perfect sucker for murdoch.

anyone seen jon stewarts take on it yet

http://gawker.com/5820243/jon-stewar...-world-scandal

that was directed at fox news

I guess I made it TOO obvious

hahahahahahHAHAHAHAHAahahaha

[fido123]

Originally Posted by retching oesophagus

wow people relying on news what next. people trying to be informed about things?

Wanting to be informed/informing yourself and relying on the news are totally different things. I follow several media organization's coverage of events, but I never rely on them because unless you don't follow the news or are retarded, you'd know that the news gets a lot wrong, a lot of the time. News organizations get their information usually from where everybody else is getting their information and then those news organizations check out other news organizations to see what information they have and end up churning out a load of bullshit.

Also just because one idiot said that this isn't a big deal, doesn't mean everybody should jump on that bandwagon like a bunch of ****ing retards. 50% of posts in this thread are pretty disgusting and I'd rather read a post without capitalization than read a post which solely states that a previous post did not capitalize any letters, makes you more of a moron All-Pro.

[retching oesophagus]

Originally Posted by fido123

Wanting to be informed/informing yourself and relying on the news are totally different things. I follow several media organization's coverage of events, but I never rely on them because unless you don't follow the news or are retarded, you'd know that the news gets a lot wrong, a lot of the time. News organizations get their information usually from where everybody else is getting their information and then those news organizations check out other news organizations to see what information they have and end up churning out a load of bullshit.

of course. i don't mean depend on a single news source. but we kinda rely on newsgroups to cover news for us and journalists to find out stuff around the world for us, unless you somehow know everything as it is happening. there are different sides to each story and you make up your own mind but you follow several newsgroups because you trust them, they are reliable. the more different ones the better.

but a lot of people do rely on murdochs media for news however, if they don't have time for news or are not that highbrow. these people make up a large proportion, if not the majority. they read his papers and watch his channels. he should have responsibility for what he reports. but he doesn't he just targets these people and spreads his propaganda while abusing people. most news organisations are biased and possibly dodgy but usually not criminal, unlike News Corporation. I hope america catches on to him and brings him down.

gsm i thought you meant you found ALL news boring lol

[Aldentron]

Originally Posted by fido123

Also just because one idiot said that this isn't a big deal, doesn't mean everybody should jump on that bandwagon like a bunch of ****ing retards.

If you're referring to my "I didn't realize people took News International and its ilk seriously, though." post, I didn't mean it like that. I meant that I thought the general population regarded News of the World and etc. as tabloids and not a respectable news agency.

50% of posts in this thread are pretty disgusting and I'd rather read a post without capitalization than read a post which solely states that a previous post did not capitalize any letters, makes you more of a moron All-Pro.

x2

[Mans0n]

If this is finally being uncovered in the U.K I don't even want to imagine what similar corporations here in the states are doing.. Because if that's going on in the UK its most likely happening here and possibly on an even greater scale.

Though of course at least American corporations keep good secrets lol

[igotrhythm]

I heard that the last crossword that the newspaper printed had some choice words for their boss keyed into the grid. ("Keying" is crosswordese for the practice of interlocking letters. American crosswords are pretty strict about having each letter go to an Across and Down entry: That is, each letter "keys.")

Would like to see it just for lulz.

[retching oesophagus]

Originally Posted by igotrhythm

I heard that the last crossword that the newspaper printed had some choice words for their boss keyed into the grid. ("Keying" is crosswordese for the practice of interlocking letters. American crosswords are pretty strict about having each letter go to an Across and Down entry: That is, each letter "keys.")

Would like to see it just for lulz.

yeh that boss would be rebekah brooks. she tried her hardest to avoid any mention of the scandal and any negative feeling in the last issue. all of the tabloids were trying to avoid the scandal in fact. she gets to keep her job as she probably has too much dirt on rupert murdoch.