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No-one that works for Murdoch is Innocent!
by tom Tuesday, Jun 24 2014, 11:18am
international / prose / post

Let's establish that fact for starters

Now that we have established a factual base upon which to proceed we can cover the 'story' of the phone hacking trials in the UK.

Murdoch with Brooks

Recently, politicians and CEOs have taken to using the excuse, 'I have been advised, or from advice received blah, blah..,' to escape responsibility for whatever action follows the tissue thin avoidance statements above.

Only two decades earlier it was universally accepted that the 'buck stopped' with boss, who by virtue of his/her position traditionally accepted responsibility for his staff and company's/organisation's behaviour in general.

Today we have PMs and Murdoch appearing at inquiries expressing shock over (exposed) events and their lack of knowledge of the criminal methods used to obtain information -- now bosses and PMs plea ignorance, in a pig's arse!

Short answer, they DO know, but corporate structures allow bosses to 'throw off' onto some poor (or bribed) subordinate or disliked scape goat within in the firm.

After considering the groundbreaking, scandalous stories that were being published regularly in Murdoch's media it becomes incredulous to even entertain the notion that upper echelons in the organisation were NOT aware or could not have known how the sordid material in these stories was sourced -- indeed, it is established practice of editors and media bosses to ask by what means explosive and sensitive information was obtained, in order to satisfy themselves that no laws were broken.

After one of the most expensive criminal trials on record Murdoch's chief editor of the Sun and News of the World, Rebekah Brooks, was today cleared of the numerous charges she faced, including phone hacking and breaches of communications laws.

Murdoch did the only thing he could do to save his chief editor, and that was to pay through the nose and pull strings in the background. The result is that former boyfriend of Brooks, Andy Coulson, who also just happened to be a media adviser/consultant to PM David Cameron, took the fall for everyone, no doubt his sacrifice will be handsomely rewarded. The only people that believe the mainstream push, are of course feeble minded and/or genitally groped Americans.

Story from the Telegraph UK follows:

Rebekah Brooks cleared but Andy Coulson guilty in phone hacking trial
by Martin Evans

Andy Coulson has been been found guilty in the phone hacking trial, but his co-defendant, Rebekah Brooks has been cleared of all charges.

Coulson, who edited the News of the World before becoming Prime Minister David Cameron’s official spokesman, now faces prison after the jury returned a guilty verdict in dramatic scenes at the Old Bailey.

But Mrs Brooks, who edited The Sun and the News of the World before promotion to News International chief executive, was exonerated after being cleared of conspiracy to hack phones, conspiracy to corrupt public officials and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

She was overcome by emotion on hearing the verdicts and was taken away by the court matron.

Mrs Brooks had always denied any knowledge of illegal activities at the Sun and the News of the World and after a seven month trial the jury accepted her version of events.

The trial, which has been one of the longest and most expensive in British criminal history, heard allegations of how journalists working at the News of the World and The Sun, under the stewardship of Mrs Brooks and Coulson, routinely broke the law in pursuit of exclusive stories.

Jurors were told how reporters at the News of the World hacked hundreds of public and private figures, including celebrities, politicians and even victims of crime.

The court heard how private detective Glenn Mulcaire, who was paid more than £100,000 a year by the News of the World, also hacked members of the royal family including Princes William and Harry and Kate Middleton.

Their arrests, along with other senior colleagues at News International, followed widespread public revulsion after it emerged that among those who were hacked was the murdered schoolgirl, Milly Dowler.

Among those hacking victims who gave evidence at the trial were former Home Secretary Charles Clarke, the actor Jude Law and actress Sienna Miller.

Retired managing editor Stuart Kuttner was also cleared of being part of a conspiracy dating back to 2000 and spanning six years.

Mrs Brooks's former personal assistant Cheryl Carter was cleared of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

Mrs Brooks's husband Charlie and NI director of security Mark Hanna were also cleared of perverting the course of justice.

But the jury, which has been considering verdicts since last Wednesday, June 11, is still considering further charges against Coulson and former NotW royal editor Clive Goodman of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office by paying police officers for two royal directories.

© 2014 Telegraph Media Group Limited.

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