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News of the world, biggest mess up.







DTES

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
6,022
London
It's not just "stupid" at all - this is calculating and could even be called "evil" if you wanted. They'd have known deleting voicemails was interfering in a police investigation into a missing girl, yet did it anyway to sell some more papers.

I hope the rag is boycotted by the country and falls apart for good.
 


Aseros

Banned
Jun 6, 2011
1,382
It wasn't the News of The World. It was someone that worked freelance for them, I am sure if they knew he was deleting voicemails they wouldn't have been happy.
 


DTES

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
6,022
London
It wasn't the News of The World. It was someone that worked freelance for them, I am sure if they knew he was deleting voicemails they wouldn't have been happy.

The paper knew:

"The newspaper also made no effort to conceal its activity from Surrey police. After it had hacked the message from the recruitment agency on Milly's phone, the paper informed police about it.... However, they took no action against the News of the World, partly because their main focus was to find the missing schoolgirl and partly because this was only one example of tabloid misbehaviour. As one source close to the inquiry put it: "There was a hell of a lot of dirty stuff going on."

Sickening.
 


Barrel of Fun

Abort, retry, fail
An absolute disgrace. Apart from hacking and interfering with an investigation, the act of voicemail deleting offered false hope to the family that she was still alive.

Murdoch OUT!
 






Martinf

SeenTheBlue&WhiteLight
Mar 13, 2008
2,774
Lewes
I thought certain sections of the media couldn't sink any lower. Today I have been proved wrong. I feel sorry for the decent journalists (and before anyone says different there are plenty) who wouldn't do this kind of thing to get a story.
 


Diego Napier

Well-known member
Mar 27, 2010
4,416
It wasn't the News of The World. It was someone that worked freelance for them, I am sure if they knew he was deleting voicemails they wouldn't have been happy.

Good Lord! Do you work for the News of the World?

They condoned what was going on and would just act to "protect their sources"
 




Timbo

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
4,322
Hassocks
The news of the world is a vile rag. Anyone that reads it is quite frankly, a moron.
 


Northstander

Well-known member
Oct 13, 2003
14,031
I'd take them to fuckin cleaners and evoke any licence they may have to print!!
 














Gritt23

New member
Jul 7, 2003
14,902
Meopham, Kent.
Will we ever reach a stage where their scumbag actions lead to a proper internet campaign to boycott the filthy rag, and send them out of business?

It just seems that everyone gets shocked by what they do, are all horrified and aghast, right up until the moment they see next Sundays salacious headline, or see a tempting give-away bargain inside.
 


bhaexpress

New member
Jul 7, 2003
27,627
Kent
You can blame the NotW yes but also blame the people who will continue to buy it. Frankly even the Sunday Sport has more credibility now.
 


southstandandy

WEST STAND ANDY
Jul 9, 2003
6,048
Who in their right mind would buy such a shit paper with an IQ of more than 50 ? If people just boycotted it they might have to start thinking of putting some actual news in the paper. Some guy on R5 today went off the deep end about how immoral they were in their phone tapping but then when asked what he reads on a Sunday I'll give you one guess at to what he said.
 


Gully

Monkey in a seagull suit.
Apr 24, 2004
16,812
Way out west
Who in their right mind would buy such a shit paper with an IQ of more than 50 ? If people just boycotted it they might have to start thinking of putting some actual news in the paper. Some guy on R5 today went off the deep end about how immoral they were in their phone tapping but then when asked what he reads on a Sunday I'll give you one guess at to what he said.

There will always be people like that, those who see it as their divine right to read gossip and shite about their favourite stars, papers like NoTW will always have an audience. Their sales may dip for a while but when the next z-lister gets caught out getting their leg over or a rugby player shoots a work experience girl with a catapult they will be selling copy like hot cakes.
 






Oct 25, 2003
23,964
i've just finished a journalism diploma, and the notw go against basically EVERYTHING i've learned

they're pure scum and don't deserve to exist
 


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