The Screws no more – how dumb does that privacy 'debate' look now?
While I make no pretence to be an authority on the tabloid media, the escalating events of this week that culminated in the shock closure of the News of the World (NoW) do say much about an area I know a little more about: the collision between the law and media. This has been building for a long, long time. Though they were largely ignored by much of Fleet Street, the initial allegations regarding the NoW date back years and it was two years ago that The Guardian first made credible claims that phone-hacking was taking place at the tabloid on an industrial scale.
July 08, 2011 at 06:36 AM
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While I make no pretence to be an authority on the tabloid media, the escalating events of this week that culminated in the shock closure of the News of the World (NoW) do say much about an area I know a little more about: the collision between the law and media.
This has been building for a long, long time. Though they were largely ignored by much of Fleet Street, the initial allegations regarding the NoW date back years and it was two years ago that The Guardian first made credible claims that phone-hacking was taking place at the tabloid on an industrial scale.
Oddly, it was not until the start of 2011 that the saga built much momentum, with the NoW engulfed by mounting legal claims resulting in an attempt by News International to start settling claims en masse.
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