Category Archives: media

Phone hacking: A scandal that has diminished Britain David Cameron’s friendship with Rebekah Brooks and employment of Andy Coulson puts him at the heart of the phone hacking story. The Telegraph | from July 15, 2011 The chief executive of … Continue reading →

Approximately an hour into the highly anticipated inquiry by members of Parliament of News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch, a comedian named Jonnie Marbles served up a shaving cream pie onto Rupert’s face. Marbles was quickly … Continue reading →

This is turning out to be a challenging day to write a horoscope. So far, anyway — but the distractions are one revelation after the next. What we’re witnessing in the world is not a scandal in the UK, or … Continue reading →

Today a second official of Scotland Yard — London’s Metropolitan Police — has resigned in the wake of a broadening scandal involving phone hacking and collusion between police, politicians and tabloid journalists. Yesterday Sir Paul Stephenson, head of Scotland Yard, … Continue reading →

The head of Britain’s Scotland Yard, Paul Stephenson, resigned on Sunday over accusations about the police’s handling of phone hacking investigations. In a statement, Mr. Stephenson said he had no knowledge of the extent of phone hacking at The News … Continue reading →

Editor’s Note: For those of you following the phone hacking scandal that Planet Waves covered Friday, you’re familiar with the name and face of Rebekah Brooks. She was, until Friday, the head of the News International division of News Corp, … Continue reading →

LONDON — Rupert Murdoch’s media empire was besieged Monday by accusations that two more of his British newspapers engaged in privacy violations that included accessing former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s bank account information and stealing the medical records of his … Continue reading →