The sewers of London’s tabloid newspapers are explored in a documentary film called Starsuckers Predictably, the silence of the tabloids has been deafening.
News of the World
Phone-hacking: beyond the page-7 lead
The Guardian recounts the farcical performance of News of the World apparatchiks in front of British MPs.
Hackergate: what did Rupert know?
New evidence revealed by a British inquiry into the News of the World phone-hacking scandal throws assurances by Rupert Murdoch that he was in the dark on the whole affair into question.
James Murdoch agreed to phone-hacking pay-off
James Murdoch personally agreed to a £700,000 out-of-court settlement for a victim of the News of the World’s phone-tapping exploits, according to the paper’s editor Colin Myler.
More coverage
- GUARDIAN: Beyond the page-7 lead
- POLITICS.CO.UK: Hacking away
FIRST POST: Coulson lives to spin another day
Hear no evil, see no evil…
The trick to publishing information obtained through less-than-legal means? Don’t ask where it comes from. The NYT looks at newspaper editors who have gotten away with publishing private information — and those who haven’t.
Why investigative journalism needs … investigating
The really shocking aspect of the News International phone hacking revelations is that they have appeared in public, argues Crikey publisher Eric Beecher. The cat is out of the bag.
Guardian declares war on News International
Under the wily hand of editor Alan Rusbridger, the Guardian has obviously decided to roast News International slowly, writes Alex Mitchell from London.
Could Murdoch’s love of gossip be News’s downfall?
Rupert Murdoch loves gossip, says Michael Wolff — and its value as currency in the News Corp world could be the reason his journalists were willing to break the law to obtain it.
Sour grapes threaten legitimate investigative journalism
Politicians are using the News of the World phone-hacking scandal as a chance to hit back at journalists for the MP expenses scandal. Not so fast, says The Times.
Crikey Clarifier: Crikey Clarifier: phone tapping
Following the News of the World phone-tapping controversy in the UK, Crikey questioned Private Investigator Warren Mallard on just how common phone tapping is, and how it’s done.
News of the World hits back
The UK’s News of the World defends itself against what it calls “ferocious and … hysterical attacks on its credibility, integrity and journalistic standards” from the likes of the Guardian and BBC in the wake of allegations that their journalists engaged in phone-hacking.
Privacy case costs News of the World almost £1m
Defending a story they ran about F1 boss Max Mosley’s sex life has cost the News of the World almost £1m.
Conman Peter Foster’s untold stories of Tony and Cherie Blair
Conman Peter Foster intends continuing a Supreme Court action against London’s Daily Mail.
