According to C4 Brooks offered her resignation last night but it was turned down by the News Corp board:http://www.channel4.com/news/news-of-the-world-to-close
andy coulson to be arrested tomorrow - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/07/andy-coulson-arrest-phone-hacking
I really don't understand the massive excitement and frenzy over this. The story to me looks like, Murdoch's empire is corrupt and very dodgey. Newspaper editors turn a blind eye/actively encourage unethical and illegal journalism. Journalists use unethical, unpleasant and illegal techniques to get stories. The politicians are caught up in this. All of the above are now lying to save their positions of power, whilst publically pretending to be the guardians of truth, democracy and justice. News paper is closed down to be re-opened by the same owners - but with a different name (probably). I though we'd all guessed that that's just the way things are done round here.
And more interesting than mine! I think I'm grumpily reacting to the glee with which other media are reporting it, as though they are ethically perfect.
And for some more positive news: Stem-Cell grown windpipe transplant!
Sorry - I've just realised I sound a bit like Sloper in my last post...I'll tone it down a bit!
Investigations now at the daily Star - though that may be linked to the former NOTW royal correspondent who now works there and has been arrested. Also interesting that McClare (sp?) also said in one interview that the Daily Mail were one of the worst (worse than NOTW) users of such methods up to .c2005 when they abruptly stopped... plenty more to come here...(beat me to it Jasper!)
Slackers the point was that the police were raiding the offices of The Daily Star earlier today. A significant move on from *them* only focussing on one paper. I already posted a link to the Spectator article about other rags' involvement in this sort if thing.
Did anybody else see Paul McMullan get thrown to the wolves (Coogan, Greg Dyke, Will Self) on Newsnight? Absolutely brilliant! Does he go out of his way not just to sound like an absolute sleazebag but also to look like one too? Suit that looks like it belongs on a con artist, unkempt facial hair, tie half undone with top button open like he was stressed out of his wits before he even came on the show. I'm not one to judge somebody on their appearance but for God's sake man try and do yourself a favour and break free of the 'untrustworthy journalist' stereotype just a little.Self referring to him as a sort of feral, rat-like sort of creature was a highlight.