The British Conspiracy that has it ALL...... Phone Hacking, Corporations, Police Collusion.........

FYI

1.30pm: The Evening Standard reports that Met police "received more than £100,000 in unlawful payments from senior journalists and executives at the News of the World", and that arrests will be made within days:

Remember this is JUST the NotW newspaper.........

How much more goes on with others we are yet to discover........?


Also Tesco are going to KEEP advertising in the paper and I have noted people already saying Boycott Tesco's stores...

PDUK

reply to post by PurpleDog UK

How much more goes on with others we are yet to discover........?

I would expect if one is doing this then I would not be surprised if all (maybe not to the same degree) have and do use a similar approach..

Of the back of this I can not help but wonder how endemic this practice is throughout the country...

And are we going to get to the point where we try to work out who is not involved rather than who is involved!

But still... Vince Cables words that this is a war does not seem far off the mark...

reply to post by PurpleDog UK


The Crown Office has asked Strathclyde Police for a 'preliminary assessment' of the Tommy Sheridan case.

Sheridan's lawyer Aamer Anwar and Labour MP Tom Watson are questioning Sheridan's conviction and are holding a press conference at 3.00pm.

www.bbc.co.uk...

Whilst I understand people's disgust at the actions of the 'journalists' and News International and it's employees I think they should really scrutinise the role of the police and their immoral and illegal practices, the most questionable judgement shown by Cameron and the incestuous relationship between past and present administrations, News International and senior police officers.

Sure as night follows day News International will carry the brunt of the blame, some middle ranking police officers will be disciplined quietly away from the public eye and the politicians will escape scot free.

And those behind the scenes who are orchestrating it all for their own ends will remain anonymous in the shadows.

Interesting little stats of Advertisers and their spends with the NotW newspaper

www.bbc.co.uk...

Copied below but easy to view on the attached link.....


Businesses who have withdrawn advertising from NoW
Company Comment Amount spent on advertising in NoW July 2010-June 2011
SPENDING ON ADVERTISING FROM NIELSEN
O2
"We share the concerns of customers and employees about these quite shocking claims."
£1,084,000
Boots
"We have put on hold further advertising with the NoW. An advertisement, which was printed some time ago, however, will appear in this Sunday's Fabulous magazine."
£809,000
Lloyds Banking Group (Halifax)
Pulled its advert for this week as "a tactical decision" and reviewing the longer-term position.
£518,000 (Halifax and Lloyds TSB)
Dixons
No advertising until further notice.
£518,000
Vauxhall
Suspended advertising in the News of the World. Will reconsider its position pending the outcome of investigations into hacking allegations
£491,700
Sainsbury's
"Due to the rising concerns of our customers we are suspending any advertising in the NOTW until the outcome of the investigation."
£293,000
Npower
"We are suspending current advertising with the News of the World. We will continue to review our options going forward."
£207,000
Ford
The first to pull out, but left the door open to advertising with other News International titles.
£188,000
Co-op
"The Co-operative Group is a consumer-owned business which adheres to strong ethical standards. These allegations have been met with revulsion by the vast majority of members who have contacted us."
£100,000 (supermarkets and financial services)
Aldi
Pulling its adverts from the Irish edition.
£24,000
Thomson and First Choice
"We have no plans to advertise this week."
£20,000
Mitsubishi
"We didn't want to have anything to do with a paper that would behave in that way." The firm will give its unspent money to charity ChildLine.
Not available
Under review
Everything Everywhere (Orange and T Mobile)
"We're unlikely to be making any definitive decisions until we have seen the outcome of the police investigation. We do not have any advertising scheduled to appear in the News of the World this weekend."
£1,371,000
Procter & Gamble
"We... share the growing concern amongst the public. We are monitoring it closely and will be reviewing our options. We will wait for the outcome of official investigations before commenting further."
£1,241,000
Shop Direct
"We have no advertising with News International publications at the moment. We will review once the investigation is complete."
£665,000
No change in policy
Tesco
"We share the very wide concern of our customers about these allegations, and the great distress they have caused to the families involved. But we believe the absolute priority now is for the allegations to be investigated thoroughly and properly."
£1,040,000
Asda
Says it is no longer a major advertiser as had already decided to scale back promotions in Sunday papers.
£727,000

reply to post by thoughtsfull


Prior to the last election I considered Vince Cable as one of the few politicians with any integrity and credebility.
I was deeply disgusted with him when he joined the cabinet and did a complete 360 over student fees etc.

But then came that 'leaked' declaration of war against Murdoch and News International.

Cable has stated that he will choose his fights and, being an exceptonally shrewd and intelligent man, is well aware of the benefits of fighting from the inside.

Cable also has many friends and contacts within the high ranking business community and is very much part of 'the Old Boys Network'.

en.wikipedia.org...

Hmm.....now I wonder?

reply to post by Freeborn


The same feelings I have over my own MP Norman Baker who I thought (after the Dr Kelly affair) was a man of real integrity (Yep I brought into that *shakes head*) but once they get a sniff of power it all seems to go out the window no matter the principle or colour of tie..

I guess I was trying to imply that given Vince Cables words this release of information fullfills an agenda and that agenda had little to do with bringing justice to anyone or uncovering corruption but rather just to knee cap Murdocks plans of conquest and control.

Which just proves to my mind the system (top to bottom) needs knocking down and rebuilding..

To both Freeborn and Thoughtful..

I think your previous two posts illustrate exactly the dilemma that Politicians face in todays world.....

Some, the two you mention might have 'good intentions' and 'want to make a real difference' in being a politician BUT they are bound by the ridiculous rules of party politics which effectively remove the right of free speech..
Add to this mix the power that these media empires have and what we really have in the UK and probably broader the World are a lot of puppet MP's who have to try and barter deals, horse trade with allsorts to maintain their political careers.....

It is this apparent clash of interests which makes everyone suspious to the true motivations........

With the Police now being called into question along with other emergencgy services the whole thing, like yoy suggest Thoughtful needs knocking down and re-building............. What a Thanksless job thats going to be.....!

PDUK

looks like its all leaking out slowly.
they keep finding out they hacked different people every 5 mins.
i hope they all go down big time for this

Thanks for your detailed OP. I saw this story last night and thought it should be a thread on ATS but I am not much for thread making. I would far rather go through a written out discussion than watch a five minute story and hopefully learn something about this for real.

Shocker...Murdochs son, James has said that this Sundays NOTW will be the last.

No links, it's just been on BBC 24.


Here's the link to the story.

www.bbc.co.uk...

reply to post by PurpleDog UK


I think both you and thoughtsfull are aware of my utter contempt for our failed party political system.

Unfortunately despite all the corruption and hypocrisy there is little chance of achieving any meaningful reform when the vast majority have become content with a force fed diet of who is shagging who, X Factor, Premier League Football and face nothing more challenging and demanding than deciding should it be Jeremy or Trisha..

Serious political debate is not on the agenda.

As I said previously, people will be quite content blaming those unscrupulous scum bag journalist bastards without asking more probing questions and demandingr real action from our elected officials.

Murdoch has declared this afternoon that this Sunday will be the last edition of the news of the world...

How sad...

reply to post by Freeborn


I know exactly where you are coming from and sadly have to agree that the chances of anything meaningful coming from this utterly disgusting mess will be the demise of the NoTW.. (at least in name)

But they are sailing very close to the wind with the other scandals still fresh in peoples minds.. and I do beleive at the rate they are going that some point they will come a cropper.

I can only hope it is sooner rather than later

One tiny snippet of this whole empire....

Filmed Entertainment

20th Century Fox
Fox Searchlight Pictures
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Blue Sky Studios
20th Century Fox Español
20th Century Fox International
20th Century Fox Television
Fox Studios Australia
Fox Studios LA
Fox Television Studios
Shine Group

[edit] Television
[edit] Broadcast/Production assets

20th Century Fox Television
20th Television
bTV
Foxtel
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox International Channels
Fox International Channels Italy
Fox Sports Australia
Fox Telecolombia
Fox Television Stations
Fox Television Studios
Imedi Media Holding
Latvijas Neatkarīgā Televīzija
MyNetworkTV
STAR TV
TV5 Rīga
British Sky Broadcasting (39%)

[edit] Cable Assets

Big Ten Network (49%)
Fox Business Network
Fox College Sports
Fox Movie Channel
Fox News Channel
Fox Soccer Channel
Fox Sports Enterprises
Fox Sports en Español
Foxtel (25%) -
Fox Sports Net
FUEL TV
FX Networks
Fox Reality Channel
National Geographic Channel (50%)
National Geographic Channel UK (50%)
Speed Channel
SportSouth
LAPTV (Latin America — co-owned with Paramount Pictures/Viacom, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/MGM Holdings and Universal Studios/NBC Universal)
Telecine (Brazil — co-owned with Globosat Canais, Paramount Pictures, MGM, Universal Studios and DreamWorks);

[edit] Television Assets

BSkyB [United Kingdom] (39.1%)
Sky Deutschland (39.96%)
SKY Italia
SKY Network Television [New Zealand] (43.65%)
Foxtel [Australia] (25%)
Star TV [India & Greater China] (100%)
Tata Sky [India] (20%)

[edit] Internet

Fox Interactive Media
AmericanIdol.com
AskMen.com
Direct2Drive
Fox.com
Foxsports.com
GameSpy
Hulu.com
kSolo
IGN
MyNetworktv.com
NewRoo.com
Strategicdatacorp.com
Scout.com
SpringWidgets
WhatIfSports

News Digital Media
Slingshot Labs
Authonomy via HarperCollins
MySpace (5%)

[edit] Magazines and Inserts

All titles sourced from News Limited - NewsSource: Magazines on 15 October 2010.

Alpha
Australian Football Weekly
Australian Golf Digest
Australian Good Taste (with Woolworths)
Australian Parents (with Woolworths)
Best of the Gold Coast Magazine
Big League
Chopper
Country Style
delicious. (with the ABC)
donna hay
Gardening Australia (with the ABC)
GQ Australia
Inside Out
Lifestyle Pools + outdoor design
Live to Ride
MasterChef Magazine
Modern Boating
Modern Fishing
News America Marketing
Overlander 4WD
SmartSource
Super Food Ideas
Tattoo
Truck & Trailer Australia
Truckin' Life
Two Wheels
Two Wheels Scooter
Vogue Australia
Vogue Entertaining + Travel

[edit] Newspapers and Information Services
[edit] United Kingdom

News International

The Sun
News of the World
The Times
Sunday Times
thelondonpaper (a free newspaper which closed in September 2009)

[edit] Australia

News Limited

[edit] Metropolitan newspapers, magazines and news distribution channels
[edit] National

The Australian including weekly insert magazine The Deal and monthly insert magazine (wish)[1]
The Weekend Australian including insert magazine The Weekend Australian Magazine[2]
Australian Associated Press (45%)
www.news.com.au National online news website

[edit] New South Wales

The Daily Telegraph[3]
The Sunday Telegraph including insert magazine sundaymagazine[4]
mX (Sydney)[5]

[edit] Victoria

Herald Sun[6]
Sunday Herald Sun including insert magazine sundaymagazine[7]
mX (Melbourne)[8]

[edit] Queensland

The Courier-Mail including weekly insert magazine QWeekend[9]
The Sunday Mail[10]
Brisbane News[11]

[edit] South Australia

The Advertiser including the monthly insert the Adelaide* magazine[12]
Sunday Mail[13]

[edit] Western Australia

The Sunday Times[14]

[edit] Tasmania

The Mercury[15]
The Sunday Tasmanian[16]

[edit] Northern Territory

Northern Territory News[17]
Sunday Territorian[18]

[edit] Community suburban newspapers
[edit] Sydney

Cumberland/Courier (NSW) newspapers[19]

Blacktown Advocate
Canterbury-Bankstown Express
Central
Central Coast Express Advocate
Fairfield Advance
Hills Shire Times
Hornsby and Upper North Shore Advocate
Inner West Courier
Liverpool Leader
Macarthur Chronicle
Mt Druitt-St Marys Standard
NINETOFIVE
North Shore Times
Northern District Times
NORTHSIDE
Parramatta Advertiser
Penrith Press
Rouse Hill Times
Southern Courier
The Manly Daily
The Mosman Daily
Village Voice Balmain
Wentworth Courier

[edit] Melbourne

Leader (Vic) newspapers[20]

Bayside Leader
Berwick/Pakenham Cardinia Leader
Brimbank Leader
Caulfield Glen Eira/Port Philip Leader
Cranbourne Leader
Dandenong/Springvale Dandenong Leader
Diamond Valley Leader
Frankston Standard/Hastings Leader
Free Press Leader
Heidelberg Leader
Hobsons Bay Leader
Hume Leader
Knox Leader
Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader
Manningham Leader
Maribyrnong Leader
Maroondah Leader
Melbourne Leader
Melton/Moorabool Leader
Moonee Valley Leader
Moorabbin Kingston/Moorabbin Glen Eira Leader
Mordialloc Chelsea Leader
Moreland Leader
Mornington Peninsula Leader
Northcote Leader
Preston Leader
Progress Leader
Stonnington Leader
Sunbury/Macedon Ranges Leader
Waverley/Oakleigh Monash Leader
Whitehorse Leader
Whittlesea Leader
Wyndham Leader

[edit] Brisbane

Quest (QLD) newspapers[21]

Albert & Logan News (Fri)
Albert & Logan News (Wed)
Caboolture Shire Herald
Caloundra Journal
City News
City North News
City South News
Ipswich News
Logan West Leader
Maroochy Journal
North-West News
Northern Times
Northside Chronicle
Pine Rivers Press/North Lakes Times
Redcliffe and Bayside Herald
South-East Advertiser
South-West News/Springfield News
Southern Star
The Noosa Journal
weekender
Westside News
Wynnum Herald
Weekender Essential Sunshine Coast

[edit] Adelaide

Messenger (SA) newspapers[22]

Adelaide Matters
City Messenger
City North Messenger
East Torrens Messenger
Eastern Courier Messenger
Guardian Messenger
Hills & Valley Messenger
Leader Messenger
News Review Messenger
Portside Messenger
Southern Times Messenger
Weekly Times Messenger

[edit] Perth

Community (WA) newspapers[23] (50.1%)

Advocate
Canning Times
Comment News
Eastern Reporter
Fremantle-Cockburn Gazette
Guardian Express
Hills-Avon Valley Gazette
Joondalup-Wanneroo Times
Mandurah Coastal / Pinjarra Murray Times
Melville Times
Midland-Kalamunda Reporter
North Coast Times
Southern Gazette
Stirling Times
Weekend-Kwinana Courier
Weekender
Western Suburbs Weekly

[edit] Darwin

Sun (NT) newspapers[24]

Darwin Sun
Litchfield Sun
Palmerston Sun

[edit] Regional and rural newspapers
[edit] New South Wales

Tweed Sun'

[edit] Victoria

Echo
Geelong Advertiser
GeelongNEWS
The Weekly Times

[edit] Queensland

Ayr Advocate
Bowen Independent
Cairns Sun
Gold Coast Bulletin
Gold Coast Sun
Herbert River Express
Home Hill Observer
Innisfail Advocate
Northern Miner
Port Douglas & Mossman Gazette
Tablelander - Atherton
Tablelands Advertiser
The Cairns Post
The Noosa Journal
Townsville Bulletin
Townsville Sun
weekender

[edit] Tasmania

Derwent Valley Gazette
Tasmanian Country

[edit] Northern Territory

Centralian Advocate


[edit] Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Post-Courier

[edit] United States

New York Post

Community Newspaper Group

The Brooklyn Paper
Courier-Life Publications
TimesLedger Newspapers
Bronx Times Reporter Inc.

[edit] International

Dow Jones & Company

Consumer Media Group

The Wall Street Journal - the leading US financial newspaper.
Wall Street Journal Europe
Wall Street Journal Asia
Barron's - weekly financial markets magazine.
Marketwatch - Financial news and information website.
Far Eastern Economic Review
Financial News

Enterprise Media Group

Dow Jones Newswires - global, real-time news and information provider.
Factiva - provides business news and information together with content delivery tools and services.
Dow Jones Indexes - stock market indexes and indicators, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Dow Jones Financial Information Services — produces databases, electronic media, newsletters, conferences, directories, and other information services on specialised markets and industry sectors.
Betten Financial News — leading Dutch language financial and economic news service.

Local Media Group'

Dow Jones Local Media Group (formerly Ottaway Community Newspapers) - 8 daily and 15 weekly regional newspapers.

Strategic Alliances

STOXX (33%) - joint venture with Deutsche Boerse and SWG Group for the development and distribution of Dow Jones STOXX indices.
Vedomosti (33%) - Russia's leading financial newspaper (joint venture with Financial Times and Independent Media).
SmartMoney (50%)
FiLife.com (50%)

[edit] Books

HarperCollins
HarperCollins India (40%) joint venture with India Today Group
Zondervan Publishing
Youth Specialties — organisation helping youth workers worldwide through training seminars and conventions, resources and the internet.
Inspirio — religious gift production.

[edit] Miscellaneous

National Rugby League (NRL) (50%)
Ansett Australia, Until 2000 (50%)
Fox Music
Jamba! - Mobile Entertainment/Mobile Handsets Personalisation/Games.
Maximedia Israel (67%)
Mosgorreklama (50%) - Russia sign and marketing material manufacturer
NDS Group (49%) - DRM and conditional access company.

Assets owned by Rupert Murdoch through News Corp

I hope the whole house of cards comes tumbling down but thats probably wishful thinking.

Hope the quote is not too long, felt it was necessary to list for anyone that is not aware of the sheer influence Rupert Murdoch has on the worlds media. Its a disgrace in my opinion, especially that the corruption is rearing its head.

The News of the World closure sounds like damage control to me, the really sad part is that honest hard working people that are not corrupt are the ones that will suffer from losing their jobs while the corrupt people get away with it all.

reply to post by XXXN3O

The News of the World closure sounds like damage control to me, the really sad part is that honest hard working people that are not corrupt are the ones that will suffer from losing their jobs while the corrupt people get away with it all

Exactly.
It's the poor guy's on the printing press and delivery drivers etc who will suffer most.
Who is going to pay their mortgage or put next weeks Sunday Lunch on the table?

There simply aren't any jobs out there.

But I'm sure Mrs Brookes will be mighty fine in her Chipping Norton set and that smug, arrogant twat Coulson will be looked after.

I have just read in full James Murdoch's statement about the closure of The News Of The World.

news.uk.msn.com...

I must say it's a tremendous piece of literature and I really wish I could believe that he was being truthful with the sentiments he expressed.

However I suspect a more accurate version of his true feelings would be something like this;


I would just like to say how much we regret to announce but this weeks edition of The News Of The World will be the last edition.

Unfortunately we have been found out and advertisers are leaving us in their droves.
Despite the obscene amount of wealth we have amassed over the years we are not prepared to run this paper at a loss.

Alas the immoral and illegal actions of the few must affect the whole.
But rest assured, those responsible for this will be looked after whilst unfortunately the responsible journalists amongst you will be tarred with the same brush and will probably never work again.
Fortunately you will not be alone in the dole office as all those shop floor workers who it had absolutely nothing to do with will never work again as there simply aren't any other jobs.

But we don't care because we really couldn't give a toss about any of you.

Now where did I put Charlotte and Lukes phone numbers?


news.uk.msn.com...

Originally posted by PurpleDog UK

Originally posted by Sinny
I was watching that news story and as much as I tried listening to the details I was more interested in the fact that the CEO at the centre of inverstigation was a woman.

She got all the info and a powerfull position.

Sorry, just had to share, you dont see many women in a position like that.

edit on 5-7-2011 by Sinny because: (no reason given)

To quote a song title

''the female of the species is more dealy than the male''

Rebekka Brooks is VERY close to Murdoch, he treats her like one of his daughters apparently......

She was around when some of this was going on and if she wasn't aware of it then she must be either
(a) incompotetent at her job or (b) aware and possibly frantically covering tracks ??

PDUK

the Nautilus comes to mind, couldn't help but share that thought lol.

reply to post by Freeborn


Very good alternative statement, and likely very close to the truth.

While I really dislike the tabloids (and, in fact, much of the UK media lol), it is pretty disgusting that many innocent people will now lose their jobs while the top brass will just continue as they were. I also do not look forward to the left wing media "celebrating" this supposed victory, simply because it is nothing of the sort. It's a very cynical attempt at damage limitation, and paves the way for The Sun to become a 7 days a week publication.

Just thought I'd keep this updated, I know it's not as important as Obamas birth certificate, but still deserves to be kept alive.
Apparently sub editors of the Sun have walked out in solidarity with their sacked colleagues at the NofW. Staff just tossed aside by the Murdoch empire while the real culprits go scot free.

n solidarity with colleagues at the News of the World, tonight Sub-Editors at The Sun newspaper have walked out of work in protest.

At the same time as the protest, inside the building, News of the World staff were being told about the redundancies.

The company has told staff they will receive a 90 day payment which covers the legally required consultation period for job cuts.

This exposes the cynical deceit of James Murdoch who earlier today said: “We will communicate next steps in detail and begin appropriate consultation.”

www.nuj.org.uk...

I guess some of these guys will now remember the importance of unions.

reply to post by woodwardjnr

I guess some of these guys will now remember the importance of unions

Yeah, some of us remember Wapping.

en.wikipedia.org...

www.youtube.com...