Yet again, the discredited Sun fails to report the main story
Once again, Rupert Murdoch’s Sun newspaper has failed to report the latest sickening revelations in the phone hacking scandal, reports Shamik Das.
Media Integrity
BSkyB takeover referred to Competition Commission as more revelations emerge
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt referred the News Corporation/BSkyB takeover bid to the Competition Commission today, as further sickening revelations emerged.
Questions for Cameron extend beyond Coulson
In the wake of the News of the World phone hacking scandal, politicians now need to work together and focus on what really matters, writes Matthew Pitt.
Hypocrite Murdoch tells us how to vote yet avoids billions in tax
The decision to consult Ofcom on whether Rupert Murdoch would be a “fit and proper” person to own BSkyB poses more questions than merely those of media plurality.
Public turn on Murdoch: 70% oppose BSkyB takeover, 72% say he has “too much influence”
Public opinion is firmly opposed to Rupert Murdoch’s proposed takeover of BSkyB, with voters finally waking up to the fact he has way too much influence over UK politics.
Brooks: “Worse to come”; Guardian: “Millions of emails” deleted by NI
Another day, another slew of staggering developments in the News of the World phone hacking scandal, reports Left Foot Forward’s Shamik Das.
Murdoch’s empire is turning gangrenous – here and in the US
The momentum behind the phone hacking scandal is starting to spread from the News of The World and infect other tectacles of Rupert Murdoch’s empire.
Hackergate: The questions Cameron must answer
If the Coulson arrest goes ahead, we will know that the Prime Minister failed. The question is how badly. This is what we need to know.
News of the World goes down in flames – but will a ‘Sunday Sun’ replace it?
The News of the World has been well and truly screwed – this Sunday will be the last edition – but will it be replaced by a ‘Sunday Sun’ asks Shamik Das.
Without Legal Aid how do victims’ families take on the News of the World?
Following David Cameron’s savage Legal Aid cuts, how will the ordinary victims of the News of the World phone hacking scandal afford to take Rupert Murdoch to court?