Starting to kick into high:
The Sun has been plunged into crisis following the arrest of five of its most senior journalists, including the deputy editor, over allegations of inappropriate payments to police and public officials.The five Sun journalists are understood to be: deputy editor Geoff Webster, picture editor John Edwards, chief reporter John Kay, chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker and reporter John Sturgis.The Sun's editor, Dominic Mohan, said: "I'm as shocked as anyone by today's arrests but am determined to lead the Sun through these difficult times. I have a brilliant staff and we have a duty to serve our readers and will continue to do that. Our focus is on putting out Monday's newspaper."A News International source said Mohan was "not resigning" but added that it was "obviously a dramatic day for him".Sky News reported that Rupert Murdoch is flying into the UK to reassure Sun staff that he will not close the paper in the wake of the latest arrests.
The five Sun journalists are understood to be: deputy editor Geoff Webster, picture editor John Edwards, chief reporter John Kay, chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker and reporter John Sturgis.
The Sun's editor, Dominic Mohan, said: "I'm as shocked as anyone by today's arrests but am determined to lead the Sun through these difficult times. I have a brilliant staff and we have a duty to serve our readers and will continue to do that. Our focus is on putting out Monday's newspaper."
A News International source said Mohan was "not resigning" but added that it was "obviously a dramatic day for him".
Sky News reported that Rupert Murdoch is flying into the UK to reassure Sun staff that he will not close the paper in the wake of the latest arrests.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 11 February 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Sunday, 12 February 2012 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
Very, very difficult to imagine he'd close The Sun. Think the NotW closure was primarily based on the Millie Dowler evidence.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 12 February 2012 09:29 (twelve years ago) link
There's a suggestion that this could be much more serious for News International than the Dowler phone hacking because of US statutes preventing the payment of bribes to foreign officials, but i'm not sure how much weight that has.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Sunday, 12 February 2012 11:14 (twelve years ago) link
"Witch-hunt has put us behind ex-Soviet states on Press freedom - The Sun’s Trevor Kavanagh on the biggest police operation in British criminal history."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4124870/The-Suns-Trevor-Kavanagh-Witch-hunt-puts-us-behind-ex-Soviet-states-on-Press-freedom.html
― mike t-diva, Monday, 13 February 2012 11:19 (twelve years ago) link
What a shame for the highly-paid amoral lawbreakers at The Sun that the higher-ups are dobbing them in to the law.
― James Mitchell, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
We will build on the Sun's proud heritage by launching the Sun on Sunday very soon.
― James Mitchell, Friday, 17 February 2012 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
uh-oh
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/9102231/Phone-hacking-News-of-the-World-bosses-ordered-emails-to-be-deleted.html
― Moon Fuxx (Jill), Thursday, 23 February 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
wonder if this story will be covered in depth in the debut issue of the sun on sunday?
― face depalma (stevie), Friday, 24 February 2012 07:50 (twelve years ago) link
Will Charlotte Church settling mean that we don't get to hear the real dirt (on New Int, not on Church) or will it all come out in the inquiry anyway?
― get ready for the banter (NotEnough), Friday, 24 February 2012 10:24 (twelve years ago) link
Getting weirder
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 12:47 (twelve years ago) link
She only adopted the animal so it would have a stable home.
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
If she was sensible she would have worn one of these, while out riding her police horse:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DHcE_DhQ6oQ/TnN7XUiyGYI/AAAAAAAACyY/-ABXKFXGiQo/s640/IMG1061.jpg
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
"A horse, a horse, favourable coverage in the United Kingdom's best selling tabloid for a horse"
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
I can see that as tomorrows Sun frontpage.
um, unless..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
James Murdoch quits News International
― Mayan Calendar Deren (doo dah), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
James Murdoch has stepped down as executive chairman of News International [...] Mr Murdoch will remain as deputy chief operating officer of parent group News Corporation.
corporate boardroom musical chairs is all greek to me.
― ledge, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
another innocent bites the dust
― FPocalypto! (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
from Rawkus to this, quite a tumble
― face depalma (stevie), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
At this rate they'll need their own wing and prison uniform
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 March 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
police announced in last few minutes further arrests for phone hacking
i guess none of this will really stick until prosecutions begin? this thing seems so big now - news int, police, politicians - i wonder if its not gonna blow over because people would rather corruption than cleaning house
yeah, i know, 'people'
― brokering (pimping) (stevie), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 09:02 (twelve years ago) link
Arrests incl 43yo woman in Oxfordshire. Who do we think that is?
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 09:54 (twelve years ago) link
samantha cameron too young unfortunately
― caek, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 09:58 (twelve years ago) link
sky has said it's rebekah brooks. conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
― joe, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 10:01 (twelve years ago) link
― caek, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 09:58 (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
OH BOY THAT WOULD BE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUN
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 10:19 (twelve years ago) link
Misread twitter and genuinely thought that Charlie Brooker had been arrested - my heart gave a little leap of mean joy until I realised I was mistaken.
― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 11:17 (twelve years ago) link
conspiracy to be really smug on television
― uh oh i'm having an emotion (c sharp major), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 11:31 (twelve years ago) link
Conspiracy to destroy humour forever.
― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 11:32 (twelve years ago) link
This could be huge if it turns out to be true:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/mar/26/news-corp-ondigital-paytv-panorama
― Une semaine de Bunty (ShariVari), Monday, 26 March 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
almost identical allegations emerge in australia. four year investigation and 14,000 emails to back it up sounds promising. also:
The issue is particularly sensitive because Operational Security, which is headed by Reuven Hasak, a former deputy director of the Israeli domestic secret service, Shin Bet, operates in an area which historically has had close supervision by the Office of the Chairman, Rupert Murdoch.
and:
The actions are documented in an archive of 14,400 emails held by former Metropolitan Police commander Ray Adams who was European chief for Operational Security between 1996 and 2002.
a met police commander overseeing a criminal conspiracy on behalf of rupert murdoch? i'm astonished!
― joe, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit
― TURPS-DEFCON1.jpg (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
i've just been through the whole story. they're clear in saying that the piracy and hacking wasn't illegal in australia then - although it's also clear they were hacking and pirating cards in other countries where piracy was illegal. (they even had the chutzpah to get one of their own hackers thrown in jail in thailand - via hacking his email!)
by the time you get to the end, they're charging other pay TV companies for "security", against the hacking that they'd sponsored. nice pay TV company you've got here, would be a shame for anything to happen to it, eh?
― joe, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
what especially sucks about that is that foxtel (only 25% owned by news corp btw) is essentially running a pay tv monopoly here, having either defeated in the market or attempted to acquire its opposition (in a country where murdoch already has far too much influence)
― TURPS-DEFCON1.jpg (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
FREE MARKET BLARGH BLARGH BLARGH
― Nascar Pony (stevie), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
Frontline all about this tonight for US Fans of Murdoch-Bashing.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
I am another crazy
― TURPS-DEFCON1.jpg (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/05/sky-news-hacking-emails-canoe-man
― Nascar Pony (stevie), Thursday, 5 April 2012 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
LOL BSkyB
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
i think this is the right time to revisit this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS5mVoqJpUk
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
POOR JAMES
― I accidentally sonned your dome (stevie), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
Naughtie obv, murdoch can go boil
― I accidentally sonned your dome (stevie), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
JM has got a really annoying voice. I can't work out whether he's irritated he's at the inquiry or just a bit thick.
― mmmm, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
shoulda stuck to the record industry imho
― I accidentally sonned your dome (stevie), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/so-permanent-secretary-did-jeremy-hunt-tell-parliament-the-truth-yesterday-7681804.html
― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Thursday, 26 April 2012 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
Rupert Murdoch @rupertmurdoch
Now we on cusp of new wave of tech transformations to beat last century growth. Big data,smart manufacturing and wireless. Exciting !
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
sthing abt his cadence, nonsequiturs and partially demented rambling reminds me of lee perry
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
he is a great tweeter
― caek, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
he is a terrible human being
― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Saturday, 28 April 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
non-stop corporate bollock speak does that - impossible to emote when talking that shyte.
i would love for some to drop him a tab, see him loosen up and see what happens then.
i reckon he is holding some serious secrets for future power games.
― mark e, Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link