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On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 14:32:32 +0000, Wols Lists wrote: |
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> [3rd random OT factoid] |
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> The News Of The World was a British tabloid, which shut down after the |
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> phone hacking scandal - a lot of their stories were obtained by hacking |
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> into celebrities, politicians, royals voicemails, and while it was very |
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> hard to prove it was also blatantly obvious that journalists were acting |
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> under pressure, if not actual orders, from the very top. |
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This had been going on for years, and not just the NotW, but even though |
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the allegations were made no one really cared. Then they were accused of |
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hacking the voicemail of a murdered teenager and suddenly it mattered. |
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Of course, the paper didn't really close down, it was almost immediately |
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relaunched under a different name. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." |
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(Albert Einstein) |