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- Po0py, on 07/11/2009, -0/+20I for one, am glad that this is all coming to a head. The tabloid rags get away with far too much here in Britland. I realize there is a need for transparency in what public figures do, and the recent MP's expenses scandal is an example of when newspapers get it right; but hacking somebody's phone just to get some random gossip or to try and ruin someones life is taking it way too far. I mean, I don't give a hoot about celebrities, but they are human and they have rights to privacy. Frankly the less pathetic gossip noise we get in the newspapers the better. I'd much rather the nation be informed about serious issues rather than who Katie Price is *****.
- Donniecrane, on 07/11/2009, -0/+18This includes the Daily ***** Mail by the way. A tabloid that tries to dress itself up.
- 3rdDay, on 07/11/2009, -0/+9' “Striking a balance, with the schizophrenic nature of the U.K. press, is always going to be difficult, but it is an issue that needs to be addressed,” he said. '
This is the key issue here. Press freedom has to be protected, while the worst excesses of gutter journalism have to be curbed. BTW; why the picture of Bono? - Stormwern, on 07/11/2009, -0/+8I remember when the world had "journalism" without quotation marks..
- ddd666, on 07/11/2009, -0/+6uk tabloid hacks are terrible, dirt! nothing is below them, but Im not sure if the NYT has the authority to write it like this, US mainstream inc then NYT are much much worse.... talk about dumbed down, atleast the uk's media have much more 'freedom', granted the uk gutter press is completely dumbed down also, but the times, gaurdian, indo and bbc amongst others seem to be able to challenge those in power much more than those across the atlantic could ever dream about
- vsujohn2, on 07/11/2009, -4/+10As a Linux user I prefer red hat journalism.
- aseriesoftubes, on 07/12/2009, -0/+5The problem is not just the techniques that were used by the NotW but the fact that they were not pursuing a specific story, let alone anything that could reasonably be said to be in the public interest. They stand accused of hacking into the voicemail of around 2000 people in public life on the off chance that they might find something titillating.
Broadcast media is regulated by a Government backed regulator - Ofcom - but this doesn't prevent broadcasters running critical stories about the Government when they have reasonable cause. Why the hell should papers that behave this way have the privilege of regulating themselves through a toothless watchdog like the Press Complaints Commission?
Worth noting too that this *was not* just something that hit people too dim to change their remote voicemail passcodes. In some cases the private detectives working for the paper managed to con phone companies into resetting passwords to gain access. - kitsua, on 07/12/2009, -0/+4Rebekah Wade is one of the worst people alive.
- LittleDas, on 07/12/2009, -2/+6While we're on the topic, can we stop digging stories from British tabloids everyone? Please?
- WyldeJ, on 07/11/2009, -3/+7As much as I hate how desperate some journalists are for some juicy gossip, everybody loves a snap of a nipple slip or no underwear picture from time to time...
- OSXpert, on 07/11/2009, -1/+5*****' Bono and his yellow journalism....
- fabkebab, on 07/12/2009, -0/+3I used to dislike british tabloid journalism (which peaked with the Graham Taylor turnip head) - but these people are small fry compared to the horrors of journalism I see on fox news and talk radio
- maz2331, on 07/12/2009, -0/+3"The disclosures have come against a darkening political mood in Parliament. As much as they may revile the tabloids, British politicians fear their power and are generally loath to cross them. But with relations at a low ebb following weeks of revelations in the newspapers about how British lawmakers had abused their expense accounts, some members of Parliament evidently feel that the time has come to exact revenge."
That sums it up in a nutshell. - inactive, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2It all makes sense, U2 is a spy for the lizard people working for the Bilderbegs in collaboration with the daytime Vampires who just happened to be Jews but do not practice it.
- Julian88888888, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2because he has the most kuriks.
- GreekMooMan, on 07/12/2009, -0/+2What is Black Hat tactics anyway? It seems like everyone and anyone can define black hat differently depending the source...
http://www.blackhatworldwiki.com - gn0stik, on 07/12/2009, -0/+1Roger that. Now you can't even be sure how much of the "news" is believable, and how much of it is what they want you to believe.
The big news outlets need to stop creating the news, and social engineering us, and just get back to reporting it. - LittleDas, on 07/12/2009, -0/+1No matter what country you're in, tabloids are still trash,
- Qyasogk, on 07/12/2009, -1/+2Buried for NYTimes sign-up-for-our-service-before-you-can-read-the-article *****.
- inactive, on 07/12/2009, -2/+1What isn't England cracking down on these days? (Rhetorical question.)
- robcornelius, on 07/12/2009, -2/+1surprisingly people outside of the usa read dig. Though the telegraph getting at least one story a day on the front page is annoying
- Angostura, on 07/12/2009, -7/+2Much as I dislike Murdoch and would like to see the News of The World get a bloody nose, it appears that 'hacking into cellphones' in this case equals accessing people's voicemail who hadn't bothered to change the default PIN. To me this feels 'A bit naughty' rather than some grand felony and if it were in pursuit of a real public-interest story, I'd be pretty happy for journalists to try it on.
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