british tabloid phone hacking

British Tabloid Phone-Hacking Scandal Deepens With Allegations Against P.M. Aide

British tabloids are infamous for their unorthodox news-gathering methods. But a recent New York Times exposé about a 5-year-old phone-hacking scandal has re-opened questions about the extent of such journalistic practices in the United Kingdom, as well as how effectively the police and the government have worked to block them. At the center of the current tempest is News of The World (NoW), a well-known British tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch. Over the course of late 2005 and 2006, the London Metropolitan Police began to investigate claims that the newspaper was hacking into the mobile ...

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