As recently reported in The Guardian, Parliament has issued a scathing report accusing top executives at British tabloid-paper News of the World of lying about the extent of the paper’s knowledge of, and involvement in, an ongoing mobile phone hacking scandal.
The 167-page report…is withering about the conduct of the News of the World, with one MP saying its crimes “went to the heart of the British establishment, in which police, military royals and government ministers were hacked on a near industrial scale”.
MPs condemned the “collective amnesia” and “deliberate obfuscation” by NoW executives who gave evidence to them, and said it was inconceivable that only a few people at the paper knew about the practice.
According to cabinet minister Ben Bradshaw, “This report…says lawbreaking was condoned and that the company sought to conceal the truth. We welcome the report and are considering what further action may be needed to be taken.”
The report is the latest action in a continuing scandal surrounding the illegal interception of voice messages on phones belonging to members of the British government, military, and royal household by journalists at News of the World, the top-selling newspaper in Rupert Murdoch’s News International media conglomerate.
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