Sentences with phrase «press hacking scandal»

RB: Think about the irony of the Murdoch press hacking scandal in the context of the bulk surveillance that we are discussing now, and the way that a public reckoning about that completely unacceptable intrusion into peoples» lives was neatly deflected into a fracas over whether or not regulation would curb the freedom of the press.

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

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 time last year the fury of the right - wing press had failed to hide some genuinely encouraging signs of bravery — bravery which presented itself during the phone - hacking scandal.

The phone - hacking scandal appears to have done serious damage to the standing of the press in the eyes of the public.

Of course, implementing the recommendations made by Lord Justice Leveson on the future of media regulation, following the phone hacking scandals, would always be controversial for the press.

Her comments are likely to disappoint groups campaigning for more regulation of the press in the wake of the phone - hacking scandal and the Leveson inquiry into media ethics.

In 2011 the then prime minister, David Cameron, announced a public inquiry into press standards after the phone - hacking scandal which brought down the News of the World.

He first lied about the scandal, saying he was hacked, then admitted that it was him during a major press conference.

William Hague, the foreign secretary, was also asked about the phone - hacking trial on Sunday, telling the same programme that the exposure of the scandal had led to a «greater distance now between politicians and the press».

After the phone hacking scandal, Lord Leveson wrote a report to say that the Press must be «regulated» by the Government.

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Wallis, a former editor at the News of The World, was later arrested in connection with the phone hacking scandals that led to the resignation of London Metropolitan Police Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner, as well as Andy Coulson, Prime Minister Cameron's press secretary.

Wallis, a former editor at the News of The World, was arrested in connection with the phone hacking scandals that led to the resignation of London Metropolitan Police Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner, and Prime Minister Cameron's press secretary Andy Coulson.

Wallis, a former editor at the News of The World was arrested in connection with the phone hacking scandals that led to the resignation of London Metropolitan Police Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner as well as Andy Coulson, Prime Minister Cameron» s press secretary.

«We do not accept that the scandal of phone hacking should claim, as a convenient scalp, the Press Complaints Commission,» it said.