It’s worth keeping tabs on the scandal that proved to be the impetus for our own media soul searching — the UK phone hacking scandal that just won’t go away.
Phone-hacking
Crikey Says: Crikey says: what not to do
Rupert era effectively over … new Murdoch leader most unlikely
It would not have been possible for editors Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks to have both been doing their job, and to have been in ignorance about hacking and blagging.
Rupert’s going to war … and he’s taking Blair with him
Rupert Murdoch, I hear, is on the phone again. He’s annoyed by the way the phone hacking scandal has been dealt with by James and his No.2, Rebekah Brooks, writes Michael Wolff .
Rundle: News of the World hacking — this will run and run
A dozen figures are now undertaking legal action against News Ltd, including John Prescott, comedian Steve Coogan and actress Siena Miller, and the number has been growing daily.
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.
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.
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.
