Meanwhile, the chairwoman of the Press Complaints Commission, Baroness Peta Buscombe, which concluded in November 2009 there was "no new evidence" of widespread hacking at the News of the World following earlier Guardian revelations, admitted she had been "misled" by the News International paper.
Buscome said: "There's only so much we can do when people are lying to us. We know now that I was not being given the truth by the News of the World."
Feeble, feeble, feeble.
Another resignation.
Apparently had her arse kicked by Andrew Neill. Proving again that only lefties have any interest in this story.
Not wanting to distract from the main subject, but Buscombe seems to have a history of public service that consists of campaigning for advertisers to do what they want. She's "credited" with influencing the previous government's obesity strategy, which gave marketers an easy time.
If true, Rebekah Brooks's statement is one of the most remarkable admissions of grotesque incompetence of all times.
It must've been great to work at the NoTW in 2002. Presumably you could have done a mountain of drugs at your desk all day and she wouldn't have noticed.
But it's important not to personalise this. A fish rots from the head, as Ursus said on Twitter, and the whole scummy lot of em want dragging through the streets for this.
If true, Rebekah Brooks's statement is one of the most remarkable admissions of grotesque incompetence of all times.
Not to mention that it's illiterate:
I hope that you all realise it is inconceivable that I knew or worse, sanctioned these appalling allegations.
Nobody's suggesting you sanctioned the allegations. Pretty sloppy from someone who has made a career of journalism (unless of course it was an incredibly cunning avoidance of the issue).
And here's a youtube link to Adam Boulton asking spiffy cunt Simon Greenberg at NI about the "inconceivable" line as referenced by atlanticjaxx upthread.
The Post's 180 degree turn on the DSK case (recall their "Frog Legs It", "Pepe le Pew" and "Le Perv" headlines from last month) is absolutely breathtaking it its cynicism, and they are going to have an interesting time trying to prove that an alleged rape victim is a public figure for purposes of US libel law.
Channel 4 News have just alleged that the NOTW targeted a policeman investigating two of their own for murder. The police allegedly confronted the paper years ago, and nothing more was heard of it.
The wife of the policeman (an obscure TV presenter) has confirmed that she's been told she was targeted.
If I could post similar things (not just puppets, obviously - things which show a similar level of contempt) for Murdoch, NI top execs, the police and a large chunk of the political class, I would.
Tubbs, I honestly don't understand your penultimate post. Can you provide a bit more detail?
I was a bit overexcited.
Private investigator found dead in a car with an axe in his head 24 years ago. Investigation seriously fucked by police corruption. New head of investigation appointed in 2002(?) for fresh start, appeal launched on Crimewatch etc. Some private investigators "linked to" the NOTW were suspected. This policeman finds himself being spied upon by a van, van rented by the NOTW.
Met apparently met NI in 2002 and put the allegations to them, but not known what happened next. The policeman's wife (who presented Crimewatch) told 2 months ago she might have been hacked.
Apparently it's been suggested they were interested that the policeman and the TV presenter were having an affair. Interesting, seeing they were married.
You know, I feel a bit ashamed of myself posting that, it drags me down to their level. But I'm going to let it stand, because I'm so pissed off over this, but impotent.
Robert Peston on BBC news reporting that NI have passed a bunch of emails to police which detail payments made to police (which is, just to underline, an illegal act in and of itself), and which reference (or perhaps were sent by) involving Andy Coulson.
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