I have been very critical of the mainstream corporate press for many years, due to their blatant abuse of power and ability to create the events they even report on.
They seem to operate on almost the same basis as government alphabet agencies in their surveillance of individuals, which of course gives them leveraged support for their own agendas, as well as maintaining access to the corridors of power. Heck, I'm sure the alphabet agencies, or factions within them, collude with these media organisations too, to help maintain their own agendas, whether it runs in the national interest or otherwise.

Recent events in the UK seem to be now be focusing attention on other tabloid rags, as well as those owned and run by the Murdochs. I personally hope the whole lot of them get prosecuted for the decades of surveillance and harrassment they have dished out to get a story, which most people just couldn't give a hoot about anyway. If I were to set myself up following our local MP, rifling through his garbage, following him everywhere, carrying out a 24x7 sueveillance operation, I'd end up in prison!

The harrassment of "celebrities", which seems to be the main focus of these enquiries, is I feel only the tip of the iceberg, leaving unsaid the potential for political motivation of such operations.

It was only a matter of time that the Murdoch's dirty laundry would be aired elsewhere.

This could be the beginning of a flood of similar stories coming out.

I reckon there should be a royal commission into this family and their media organisations.

Further; I rekon the commission should consist of a group of commissionaires drawn from a group of international lawyer who volunteer for the job but who are drawn by public ballot using a lotto style machine and done in front of a public audience.