News Of The World in bother again..

Dravokivich · 05-07-2011 09:10AM

bijapos wrote: »

Just boycott it, its worked well against The Sun in Liverpool for over 20 years. While your at it boycott all tabloids, they all use the same system.

Isn't NoTW the Sunday version of the Sun?

copeyhagen · 05-07-2011 09:22AM

jesus thats terrible.

the part where the notw were deleeting the first voicemails received is disgusting

For Forks Sake · 05-07-2011 09:26AM

More credence to the 'gingers are evil' theory: Rebekah Brooks, editor of the NotW at the time....

Sanjuro · 05-07-2011 09:26AM

Absolute scumbag behaviour. Shows how desperate some newspapers are for stories. Print media is dying and some newspapers will sink to newer lows just to get a story. Hopefully this debacle will be the end of the NOTW.

Biggins · 05-07-2011 09:40AM

I haven't bought a copy of that paper in many years.
I'm missing nothing still it seems.

checkyabadself · 05-07-2011 09:48AM

I cannot wait for the day when I hear of Mr. Murdoch's passing. He is surely one of the most vulgar humans to live on this planet. His latest acquisition of the remainder of BSkyB is the latest attempt by him to influence politics and dominate the media to spread his brand of right wing conservatism.

The News of the World staff involved involved in hacking phones, including the editor that signed off on it should face criminal charges.

I agree with what was said previously concerning those that buy the paper and feed the problem.
Some people really need sensationalist tripe to be kept interested. It's for this reason that incidents involving a small group, if not a lone individual often make the front page of their paper, when the individual (usually a rapist, pedophile or a woman who pays for her daughters pole dancing lessons) cannot possibly be the story that most affects the interest of the majority of the people.

Guill · 05-07-2011 10:00AM

Bastards.

OldGoat · 05-07-2011 10:00AM

checkyabadself wrote: »

I cannot wait for the day when I hear of Mr. Murdoch's passing.

When Murdock shuffels off the mortal coil it will make no difference at all. He'll leave a vacume that will be filled by some other numpty that will pander to the gossip hungry public demand. Ultimatly it's our own fault for having no taste and the attention spa...oh look, shiney thing.

Spacedog · 05-07-2011 10:09AM

I've been following this story, insiders have stated that this practise was done casually on thousands of peoples phones, from celebs, to victims of violent crimes. one rape victim who was accused of lying had her phone tapped and her conversations printed, she thought her friends were talking to the press and withdrew from them because of it.

Scotland Yard have a full list of the people hacked, but refuse to release it or investigate every instance because they have a good relationship with the print media and need them to play spin ball whenever they shoot Brazilian electricians in Stockwell tube station.

there will be a lot more cases like this brought forward you can be sure. the idea that it was done routinely is interesting. we live in an age where wire tapping is commonplace in law enforcement and government where a generation ago governments have fallen in scandal for a lot less. the attitude 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear' has extended to the media, leading them to believe that it was ok to do this, like it was investigative journalism or something. it was their comfort and ease that lead to the slipping out or the royal phone message tap that started all this.

at the end of the day these people are not hackers, they are creepy weasels and should treated as such. the next time someone says 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear' to you, yank down their pants, take a picture of their needle dick and post it on facebook. they are willing to sell out everyone's privacy for their own security, entrainment.

kfallon · 05-07-2011 10:19AM

We should have a little betting game....who will 'go' first, Murdoch or Thatcher?

stovelid · 05-07-2011 10:20AM

While it's easy to finger the utter scum that use these methods to search for stories, the people that want these stories (often at any cost) have to share some blame even if not actively.

For Forks Sake · 05-07-2011 10:23AM

kfallon wrote: »

We should have a little betting game....who will 'go' first, Murdoch or Thatcher?

http://www.isthatcherdeadyet.co.uk/

smash · 05-07-2011 10:28AM

Editors and staff involved should be jailed for aiding and abetting.

Biggins · 05-07-2011 12:54PM

Listening to BBC2 Radio, they are saying this particular episode happened years before the other celeb phone hacking scandal (done by the same investigator in some cases).
The question arises - how may others in between had their phones hacked?

Just on the celeb hacking (as someone already mentioned), its shameful that the police are not saying who exact phones were hacked - even though they have 11,000 pages of notes from one investigator alone referring to hacking details.
They are (and this was shown in a BBC Panorama program) in league with the media, covering their asses to a certain extent for their own reasons.

Nodin · 05-07-2011 01:17PM

It's actually more worrying that the police ignored it than anything else. Certainly it'll be interesting to see the full list of phones hacked on the files they sat on, if they come into the public domain.

kfallon · 05-07-2011 01:47PM

I have no respect for the NOTW ever since they tried to stitch me up with one of their 'Fake Sheikh' stings out in Hong Kong.....the wankbags!!! :mad:

There we go, 4,000 posts and 3,998 are nothing but shite :rolleyes:

Nodin · 05-07-2011 05:11PM

Much as said yesterday.

The parents of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, the two children murdered by Ian Huntley, were contacted by Scotland Yard detectives investigating phone hacking at the News of the World, it emerged on Tuesday.

A spokesman for Cambridgeshire police said they were aware that the families of Wells and Chapman were contacted by the Metropolitan police about two months ago.

It is believed the families were warned there was evidence to suggest they were targeted by Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator who was formerly employed by the paper.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/05/phone-hacking-soham-families-police

blow69 · 05-07-2011 05:29PM

This paper need to brought to it's knees and (metaphorically) kicked to death.

Kind of like the mob mentality they inspire and support.

Murt10 · 05-07-2011 05:34PM

Many of us don't buy NOTW, so boycotting the paper will achieve nothing.

Bitterwallet on the other hand has come up with a way of hurting them.

http://www.bitterwallet.com/how-to-let-news-of-the-world-advertisers-know-how-you-feel-about-them-funding-phone-hacking/46578

I believe this type of tactic is used by pressure groups in the US with great success. When they don't like a particular TV programme for example, they individually contact the companies that have advertised during the programme, and let them know that they will boycott their product if they continue to advertise.

It works wonders. Nothing like hitting the Bas***s hard where it hurts!

Benny_Cake · 05-07-2011 05:40PM

Murt10 wrote: »

Many of us don't buy NOTW, so boycotting the paper will achieve nothing.

Bitterwallet on the other hand has come up with a way of hurting them.

http://www.bitterwallet.com/how-to-let-news-of-the-world-advertisers-know-how-you-feel-about-them-funding-phone-hacking/46578

I believe this type of tactic is used by pressure groups in the US with great success. When they don't like a particular TV programme for example, they individually contact the companies that have advertised during the programme, and let them know that they will boycott their product if they continue to advertise.

It works wonders. Nothing like hitting the Bas***s hard where it hurts!

News International also publish the Irish Sun and the Sunday Times. I know I won't be buying the latter again.

Biggins · 05-07-2011 05:46PM

Apparently its been announced on BBC radio 4 that Ford are withdrawing all future advertising in the NotW in disgust.

Checked the story - found this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/8618647/Ford-pulls-News-of-the-World-advertising-over-Milly-Dowler-phone-hacking-allegations.html

Also the parents of the murdered Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman have been contacted by detectives investigating newspaper phone hacking, police told The Times newspaper today - who printed about their latest actions.

Again, they are going on the extensive notes found during their research of one current phone hacker hired by the paper.

Cambridgeshire police’s comments are the first time it has been confirmed that the phone-hacking inquiry, Operation Weeting, is looking at the Soham case.

A spokesman for News International confirmed that it was aware of the suggestion that journalists may have hacked phones during the Soham case.

The Times (England).

vicwatson · 05-07-2011 05:56PM

Ford pulling their advertising from NOTW. Don't blame them, more to hopefully follow. It's a rag

Edit - Woops as Biggins above !

mike65 · 05-07-2011 06:04PM

If Autoglass and Autotrader follow they are fvcked!

Biggins · 05-07-2011 06:15PM

mike65 wrote: »

If Autoglass and Autotrader follow they are fvcked!

The Halifax and Npower is reported to be thinking of doing same in England.
What will be left in it, will be the crappy sex phoneline adverts. :pac:

05-07-2011 06:17PM

A paper for idiots

BigBrownBear · 05-07-2011 06:31PM

As much as I despise NOTW and their gutter journalism.... I haven't heard any evidence that they were were aware of the hacking.
What I mean is they employed a private investigator to the Milly Dowler case but he wasn't a NOTW employee.
He/she was the one who hacked into her voicemail
Therefore he/she may have conducted this despicable behaviour without knowledge or approval from NOTW

Nodin · 05-07-2011 06:35PM

BigBrownBear wrote: »

As much as I despise NOTW and their gutter journalism.... I haven't heard any evidence that they were were aware of the hacking.
What I mean is they employed a private investigator to the Milly Dowler case but he wasn't a NOTW employee.
He/she was the one who hacked into her voicemail
Therefore he/she may have conducted this despicable behaviour without knowledge or approval from NOTW

In the Dowler case, not as far as we know. In others, yes, and theres some evidence to suggest it was well known.

LondonIrish90 · 05-07-2011 06:43PM

bijapos wrote: »

Just boycott it, its worked well against The Sun in Liverpool for over 20 years. While your at it boycott all tabloids, they all use the same system.

The fact that the Sun is still widely on sale in Liverpool in 2011 suggests it hasn't worked that well. If a boycott was truly working then surely the Sun would realise it wasn't worth their while to keep selling in the city?

cml387 · 05-07-2011 06:45PM

An interesting point was made today (by Hugh Grant I believe) that this story has been getting little publicity (except ,admirably,The Guardian) until it turned out that it wasn't just celebrities who were havin their phones hacked.

That the police knew about the tampering of evidence in the Milly Dowler case for years and did nothing is probably an even worse crime.

LondonIrish90 · 05-07-2011 06:46PM

Nodin wrote: »

In the Dowler case, not as far as we know. In others, yes, and theres some evidence to suggest it was well known.

As wrong as all telephone hacking is, it's slightly more serious to accuse a newspaper of hindering the hunt for a missing child in order to obtain a story than it is to suggest they have interfered in the private lives of celebrities.

News Of The World in bother again..

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