Thread: Where does the buck stop?

Taint From Tabloids Rubs Off on a Cozy Scotland Yard

For nearly four years, six overstuffed plastic bags containing possible evidence of phone hacking by the British tabloid, The News of the World, collected little more than dust in the evidence room of Scotland Yard.

During that time, British police officials assured Parliament, judges, lawyers, potential hacking victims, the news media and the public that there was no evidence of widespread hacking by the paper. But that assertion has been reduced to tatters in the last week, torn apart by an avalanche of contradictory evidence, admissions by newspaper executives that the hacking was more widespread, and a reversal by police officials who now admit to mishandling the case.

Oh my will it never end.

I notice that it is being reported that they are turning on each other now.
Cheers,
Jim

[I notice that it is being reported that they are turning on each other now.
Cheers,

The instinct for survival......lets cut a deal.

And Ms Brooks has been arrested.
It's going to be interesting to see if charges are laid against the Murdochs for approving payouts with gagging clauses to victims. Covering up a crime is a crime is it not?
Cheers,
Jim

Yes, the feacal matter is now properly out of the bag and on the way to the fan.

But it's not all bad.

Have a look at Flanagan's Sat reflection in The Age on Sat, and this:

Saturday reflection

Originally Posted by rsser

Yes, the feacal matter is now properly out of the bag and on the way to the fan.

But it's not all bad.

Have a look at Flanagan's Sat reflection in The Age on Sat, and this:

Saturday reflection

Ern

Two quotes I really liked from that article if I may:

"I have a brother who writes novels - he writes about the world as he imagines it to be. I am obliged, in so far as I am able, to write about the world as I find it to be."

and

"Journalism is the natural enemy of religious and political ideology. Religious and political ideologues insist on a version of the world as they wish it to be. Journalists are obliged to describe the world as they experience it."

Regards
Paul

[QUOTE=jimbur;1345139]
"how far up the command structure should the blame lie?"

To answer jimbur's question, Murdoch should be held to the same standards that he demanded of all government ministers.
The buck stops with him.

TT

It seems that the reports of Murdoch senior's appearance in front of the Parliamentary committee demonstrate cunning rather than dotage. James said much more and now it is said that the police are looking at perjury allegations in relation to his testimony.
Cheers,
Jim

James said much more and now it is said that the police are looking at perjury allegations in relation to his testimony.

Isn't that because some ex editors have suddenly "remembered" some stuff about James? I wonder if Rupert is still too big a target to hit.

Steve

How the confessional impulse becomes pressing when the ship threatens to sink!

Originally Posted by rsser

How the confessional impulse becomes pressing when the ship threatens to sink!

Who among the top executives is going to be the first to turn Queen's evidence?
Cheers,
Jim

Reckon there might be some lawyers using the indemnity word in discussions with police or public prosecutors?

Originally Posted by rsser

Reckon there might be some lawyers using the indemnity word in discussions with police or public prosecutors?

I bet they're not using phones or emails
Cheers,
Jim