In the wake of the News of the World scandal, how far can newspapers go to get a story?

The News of the World Scandal has left a sour taste in everybody’s mouth without a shadow of a doubt and it has raised serious questions in our minds. These questions revolve around the newspapers actions and who else might be implicated, but also about our own views and how this went on for so long without anyone caring. The question is not just how far can they go, it goes much deeper into the our views and we need to ask ourselves how far we will let them go for the sake of our own entertainment. I’d say the News of the World have proved how far a paper can go, they have proven that they ... more

The establishment is collapsing and it’s all rather thrilling, especially for a newshound like me. We are hearing all about the relationships and backhanders you’re not supposed to know about that holds the system together and the people involved are the ones quizzing each other, which makes it even more fun. They don’t want to be at each others throats as they are revealing each others secrets by doing it but if they don’t then jail beckons, the cops investigating the journalists and the journalists investigating the police. Where this could spread to nobody knows. The odds of a general ... more

So the News Of The World has been shut down, Rebekah Brooks has resigned as chief executive of News International and the public and political fallout from the whole phone hacking saga rumbles on. The question is to what lengths is it acceptable for the written press to go to in order to bring us a story. As always with these discussion topics, there are many issues to consider, and so I will try and look at some of these in turn. However firstly I think it is important to have a quick run through of what has happened so far. The phone hacking scandal has been rumbling on at the News Of The ... more

Getting caught Suddenly since there appears to be some evidence that phone hacking has occurred everyone is up in arms even though the subject has been brought up many times before. Suddenly one man cops the full whack and blame for it all. Suddenly we all seem to care. Sharing the blame Firstly if you are going to buy the types of paper which blatantly flaunt the law, and glorify horror, atrocities, and celebrity status, and they continue to do so and you continue to buy then perhaps you aught to stand up and take part of the responsibility for allowing the whole fiasco to happen in the first ... more

***UPDATE No. 1*** In light of comments I thought it best to offer a clarification to my clarification so that there is no confusion as to my thoughts. I put this at the end so please read through and see my addendum. ***UPDATE No. 2*** To remove all doubt and to apply my thought process to this News Corp saga: News Corp is wrong and went too far without good reason. The media are not elected by us to assist governance. To Hack or not to Hack - a Typically News Corp story Anybody can do whatever they want to do whatever they need to....... Let me qualify that.... Anybody can do anything they ... more