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Satan Holds Press Conference: Rupert Murdoch Will Not Be Allowed Entrance into Hell.

Jul 11, 2011 03:35

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mephisto5 July 11 2011, 14:48:23 UTC

There's apparently going to be a big announcement from Gordon Brown related to this story in under an hour.

*fingers crossed*
*popcorn on the go*

mephisto5 July 11 2011, 14:52:47 UTC

...or, you know, now.

"News International papers targeted Gordon Brown

Newspapers obtained details from the former prime minister's bank account and legal file and his family's medical records."

...NI, you are in deep, deep shit.

gildinwen July 11 2011, 15:05:24 UTC

.......They tried to get information about his seriously ill *Child*???? Are there any depths they *won't* sink to?!?!?!?

mephisto5 July 11 2011, 15:08:40 UTC

....nope.

brewsternorth July 11 2011, 15:14:19 UTC

One depressing thing is that they gathered that intel in the expectation that, if printed, people would buy the newspaper for it; the other depressing thing is, that expectation would be correct. :/

gildinwen July 11 2011, 15:16:22 UTC

Yeah .....
:(

gildinwen July 11 2011, 15:15:34 UTC

So considering that it was the Sun, heavily involved in that do you think this will affect the Sun being a 7-day newspaper??? Because pretending to be a former Chancellor/ Prime Minister to get family medical records probably doesn't reflect well ( to put it mildly) on them?

mephisto5 July 11 2011, 15:21:10 UTC

I thought it was the Times that was implicated, but all NI papers are up to their eyeballs in it.

Getting family medical records is thoroughly illegal- I expect editorial heads to roll. If this is sufficiently widespread, it may be that News International and News Corps itself become untenable, which would obvs have knock on effects with the Sun.

gildinwen July 11 2011, 15:24:49 UTC

Hmmm in the article you linked above, it implacates both the Sun and Times pretty heavily, as they both published articles about it.....so they're in the heart of it too

mephisto5 July 11 2011, 15:28:48 UTC

Ah, I only skimmed it. Somewhat distracted by Miliband trying to claim all the credit for getting an inquiry.

At least Vince looks happy....

paulnolan July 11 2011, 15:29:41 UTC

I thought it was the Times that was implicated

From The Sun:

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mephisto5 July 11 2011, 15:31:35 UTC

Ta, following story mainly on twitter and the BBC news coverage. Moving fast right now. :D

x_butterfly19_x July 11 2011, 15:50:53 UTC

This is awful.

mercaque July 11 2011, 15:18:17 UTC

Goddamn. The title of this post gets more and more appropriate...

poetic_pixie_13 July 11 2011, 15:59:28 UTC

Details from his infant son's medical records were obtained by the Sun, who published a story about the child's serious illness.

Jesus. Fucking. Christ. I just do not even know.

sephirajo July 11 2011, 16:09:54 UTC

OT: Love the icon.

On topic: Yeah, totally. That whole idea is making me feel pretty ill myself. :/

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