Because Jarvis Cocker has to get in on this: Jarvis Cocker of Pulp pretends to use the last edition of The News of The World as toilet paper on the main stage of T In The Park on July 10, 2011 in Kinross, Scotland. (Photo by Martin Grimes/Getty Images)
I think it’s a shame because they’ve done a lot of good, they’ve riddled out a lot of, let’s say, nasty people. It’s unfortunate that a few people have brought it down. But they have got no choice because they condemned others so they have got to show they are accountable.Newspaper vendor Jean Natella • Offering her take on the closing of News of the World. Say what you will about the paper’s tactics, but they have shown results in the past, though the problem the paper has faced has been one of culture. As another reader, Michael Mitchell, puts it: “I don’t think it should close; I think the people responsible should not be there. They have, I feel, overstepped the mark. Or they’ve been found out, because if this paper is doing it you can bet the majority of them are doing it as well.” We can get behind that. source (via • follow)
Rupert takes it all in: Yes, that’s Rupert Murdoch, in London, reading the final issue of News of the World. Murdoch traveled from Idaho to be in London today. (photo by Olivia Harris/Reuters)
The account that tweeted the number, @NOTWjourno, got deleted, but now it’s back … seemingly in someone else’s possession. It’s a bit of sad irony that someone seemingly threw her number on Twitter in retaliation for shutting down News of the World.
From the last issue of News of the World. The image of the final cover is on the screen and a printout is on the desk. (via BreakingNews)
Remember, the scandal involving News of the World isn’t new. It’s been percolating since TONY BLAIR was still in power. Think about that. We’ve known this scandal was a thing for like seven years now, and it took something that reached so far below the belt that it hit the ankles to even get British politicians to take it seriously and criticize it publicly.
Rupert Murdoch’s son James liable in News of The World hack?: You would not believe the kind of migraine a long-term phone-hacking scandal causes. The younger Murdoch could face charges in both the U.S. and UK over the allegations. source
James Murdoch, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, News Corporation, and Chairman, News International in an announcement to staff today.
Via Adweek:
You do not need to be told that The News of the World is 168 years old. That it is read by more people than any other English language newspaper. That it has enjoyed support from Britain’s largest advertisers. And that it has a proud history of fighting crime, exposing wrong-doing and regularly setting the news agenda for the nation…
The good things the News of the World does, however, have been sullied by behaviour that was wrong. Indeed, if recent allegations are true, it was inhuman and has no place in our Company.
The News of the World is in the business of holding others to account. But it failed when it came to itself…Having consulted senior colleagues, I have decided that we must take further decisive action with respect to the paper.
This Sunday will be the last issue of the News of the World.
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I just felt stunned and horrified. I find it hard to believe someone could be so wicked and so evil, and that someone could work for an organization that even today is trying to defend what they see as normal practices.Graham Foulkes, father of a 2005 London bombing victim • Reacting after learning that he was on a possible list of people whose phones have been hacked by News of the World. As you might imagine, it’s not the kind of news one takes well, and in the case of Foulkes, who will mourn the sixth anniversary of his son’s death later this week, it only makes things more difficult. Foulkes wants leadership at News Corp. to change, starting with Rebekah Brooks, the chief of News International who once edited News of the World, but denies she knew what was going on. “She’s gotta go,” he said. “She cannot say, oops, sorry, we’ve been caught out. Of course she’s responsible for the ethos and practices of her department. Her position is untenable.” Do you agree? source (via • follow)
Car maker Ford has suspended advertising in Britain’s News of the World newspaper after allegations that the tabloid hacked the voicemail of a missing schoolgirl who was later found murdered.
“We are awaiting an outcome from the News of the World investigation and expect a speedy and decisive response,” Ford said in a statement.
“Pending this response we will be using alternative media within and outside News International Group instead of placing Ford advertising in the News of the World,” it added. News International publishes the newspaper and is part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.
Surely now we should hear from David Cameron and Ed Miliband. It’s utterly disgraceful that they’ve let this scandal run on for as long as it has. No more cowardice — we want action.Labour parliament member Tom Watson • Reacting to the news that “News of the World,” the U.K. tabloid publication, hacked into teenager Milly Dowler’s voicemail after she went missing in 2002. But it gets worse — apparently, after Dowler’s voicemail got full, they deleted messages in hopes of receiving more of them. But the end result was that it gave her family false hope, because it made them think she deleted the messages. In reality, Dowler was murdered, but News of the World crossed a very strong ethical line in hopes of getting a story. It’s one they’ve crossed before, by the way. source (via • follow)
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