Sentences with phrase «phone hacking scandal»

Seriously, this guy puts the whole phone hacking scandal to shame.

On 18 July 2011, it was announced that Elizabeth Filkin would lead an inquiry related to the News International phone hacking scandal which would «recommend changes to links between the police and the media, including how to extend transparency.»

In July 2011 it was reported that Mark Stephens had been one of a group of high - profile lawyers who may have been the victim of «News International phone hacking scandal».

Andy Coulson, the No 10 communications chief, found himself in the direct line of fire in the News of the World phone hacking scandal tonight when a former colleague alleged that he issued direct orders to journalists to carry out the illegal practice.

At its meeting today (14) the Public and Commercial Services union's national executive committee agreed the following statement about the ongoing phone hacking scandal engulfing News International:

Since joining CNBC in 2011, Tausche has reported on a wide variety of high - profile stories, including the historic Brexit vote, the Facebook, Twitter and Alibaba IPOs, the Occupy Wall Street movement, the MF Global bankruptcy and the News Corp. phone hacking scandal.

Phone hacking scandal Yes [I'm pleased it happened under my chairmanship].

Eliot Spitzer thinks News Corp. executives could be prosecuted under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for their roles in the cell phone hacking scandal.

He spoke to Andrew Neil as former News of the World editor Colin Myler and former NI legal manager Tom Crone were questioned about phone hacking scandal in Parliament.

Wireless was awarded a no - bid $ 27 million contract to track student performance throughout New York state, which was pulled back after the News Corp phone hacking scandal.

But before they could get very far, Murdoch's tabloids in London became embroiled in the bribery and criminal phone hacking scandal.

One minor consequence of the recent phone hacking scandal in England is an increase in the use of the term «blagging,» new to me.

Recently we saw the re-emergence of the celebrity phone hacking scandal.

When the 81 - year - old head of News Corp. took to Twitter in January, many assumed he was trying to soften his image following the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

The phone hacking scandal has not only sunk a venerable newspaper, but exposed an uncomfortably close relationship among British politicians, press and police.

LONDON (AP)-- Rebekah Brooks, the loyal lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch, resigned Friday as chief executive of his embattled British newspapers, becoming the biggest casualty so far in the phone hacking scandal at a now - defunct Sunday tabloid.

When perceived failures of a successor, such as the phone hacking scandal, are very public, they can be very hard for the successor to live down.

One of the challenges that James Murdoch will face is establishing his credibility with the stakeholders of 21st Century Fox, where many are still harboring questions about his performance as the head of News Corps European businesses during the phone hacking scandals that surfaced in 2011.

It also sold its stake in News International (now known as News UK) in 2012, in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.

Although the introduction of the UK Bribery Act has no doubt improved the UK's ranking since 2010, recent events such as the phone hacking scandal have shown that there are still too many areas of corruption vulnerability in the UK public sector.

Mr Lewis is also calling for a full independent inquiry into the conduct of the British press as a result of the phone hacking scandal, in which News Corporation is heavily implicated.

«This is a victory for people up and down this country who have been appalled by the revelations of the phone hacking scandal and the failure of News International to take responsibility,» Labour leader Ed Miliband said.

Other unhelpful stories such as the phone hacking scandal were dismissed as «codswallop» which had been «cooked up by the Labour party.»

«As the minister responsible for media policy in this country, it is disappointing that Jeremy Hunt has had so little to say on the phone hacking scandal,» Mr Lewis added.

The topic shed light on the phone hacking scandals that occurred last summer, shaking both media and consumers alike, and culminating with the closure of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.

Featuring Andy Burnham MP and a discussion on the phone hacking scandal in our «Labour After Murdoch» event featuring David Blunkett and Sadiq Khan MP.

The phone hacking scandal should have been a golden opportunity for Miliband to publically skewer Cameron over his misjudgements.

News International could face a seven - figure bill after deciding to settle with victims in its phone hacking scandal.

Asked whether «David Cameron's actions over the phone hacking scandal make me question whether he has the right judgment and skills to be prime minister», 47 % agreed and 44 % did not.

At the same time, the editorial praised former Journal publisher Les Hinton, who had just resigned in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.

[286] The approach was also criticised by Stephen B. Shepard, dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, who commenting on the phone hacking scandal, said: «It's wrong.

Hill had reported the names of individuals linked to the phone hacking scandal minutes after their arrests and it is thought her questioning was linked to the earlier arrest of a 51 - year - old detective suspected of leaking information to the newspaper.

[4] The investigation was headed by Assistant Commissioner John Yates who later resigned over the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

[20] Klein took over the investigation, with fellow director Viet D. Dinh, from News International UK Chief Executive, Rebekah Brooks, whose own involvement in the phone hacking scandal made her unable to continue as an impartial investigator.

Funnily enough I went recently to the screening of the new film about Julian Assange, the Fifth Estate, and I was talking afterwards to Alan Rusbridger, and I said to him, and he didn't disagree, in fact he agreed, I said, «the Guardian gets the credit for basically exposing the phone hacking scandal, but if we hadn't picked it up, nothing would've happened».

This report comes amid the ongoing Leveson inquiry into the phone hacking scandal, which has severely damaged the reputation of investigative journalists in the UK.

Adam Fleming looks back over the weekend's developments in the phone hacking scandal, the closure of the News of the World and the effect on News International's newspapers.

The final edition of the News of the World is being printed overnight, 168 years after the first copy was published, because of the phone hacking scandal.

News International has published advertisements in its own and other papers apologising for the phone hacking scandal.

News of the World David Wooding claimed a much - rumoured Sunday Sun paper would not easily grab readers from his paper which has just closed amid a phone hacking scandal.

News International has published advertisements in its own as well as other newspapers apologising for the phone hacking scandal.

But a single mention of Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, who resigned during the phone hacking scandal and has subsequently returned to Rupert Murdoch's organisation to be chief executive of News UK, did stimulate a very interesting response.

However Roger Alton, a former editor of the Observer and the Independent, who recently retired as executive editor of the Times, accused critics of the news of «fighting interminable old battles» and argued the phone hacking scandal was «in the past».

«The phone hacking scandal is in the past.