The Phone Hacking Scandal
Well isn't this as hot mess? For those who haven't been watching - the News of the World (a major Sunday newspaper in the UK) has been very very naughty. In fact, no I won't even be light about this. They have been seriously sick and twisted individuals with all the moral compassion of a lizard.
They have been hacking phones for stories. Phones of the police, phones of celebrities - and phones of crime victims. In one case the parents of murdered teenager Milly Dowler thought their daughter was alive because some of the texts on her phone had been deleted. She was dead - but the News of the World had hacked her phone for the story. They had deleted messages - potential evidence - because the memory was full and they wanted to make room for more.
The News of the World tried first to claim it was the overzelous actions of a private detective, then that it was the rogue actions of a maverick reporter (and if it was, didn't anyone question where she got this information?) - but increasingly it became clear that it was wall to wall stink.
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They have been hacking phones for stories. Phones of the police, phones of celebrities - and phones of crime victims. In one case the parents of murdered teenager Milly Dowler thought their daughter was alive because some of the texts on her phone had been deleted. She was dead - but the News of the World had hacked her phone for the story. They had deleted messages - potential evidence - because the memory was full and they wanted to make room for more.
The News of the World tried first to claim it was the overzelous actions of a private detective, then that it was the rogue actions of a maverick reporter (and if it was, didn't anyone question where she got this information?) - but increasingly it became clear that it was wall to wall stink.
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