07 Jul 11
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/07/06/qmb.grant.hacked.off.cnn
Hugh Grant steps up to the fray, personally tracked down one of the hackers, talked to him in a pub while wired!
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/07/06/uk.phonehacking.explainer/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
And this just in, News of the World tabloid shutting down because of the hacking scandal. Just the first, or sacrificial lamb to save Murdoch's butt?
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/07/news-of-the-world-shutting-down-after-sunday-edition/?hpt=hp_c1
All this begs the question, how many tabloids in other countries use these dirty illegal tricks? US, France, Germany? I look at tabloids here in the US and feel dirty just looking at the stupid headlines while in line at the local Superfresh.
You have to wonder, given the UK scandal, how much of that crap comes from illegal wiretaps.
I wonder how these editor asssholes can sleep at night knowing how dirty their profession is.
07 Jul 11
Originally posted by sonhousehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14070733
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/07/06/qmb.grant.hacked.off.cnn
Hugh Grant steps up to the fray, personally tracked down one of the hackers, talked to him in a pub while wired!
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/07/06/uk.phonehacking.explainer/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
And this just in, News of the World tabloid shutting down because of the h ...[text shortened]...
I wonder how these editor asssholes can sleep at night knowing how dirty their profession is.
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08 Jul 11
Originally posted by sonhouseSacrificial lamb. And I hope they don't let him get away with it. If the British police have any sense (what a hope!), they'll be in there the second the last page is off to the press, and seize the entire office, mail servers first and foremost. If they don't, say bye-goodie-bye to your court case, 'cause there won't be a shred of evidence left.
And this just in, News of the World tabloid shutting down because of the hacking scandal. Just the first, or sacrificial lamb to save Murdoch's butt?
By the way, I do also hope that they won't stop at just Coulson and that odious editor woman. This deserves more, higher and lower. They should go after the "normal" hack, but most important of all, they should use this to finally put that horrendous Murdoch in his rightful place, which is behind bars. Senior and Junior both, mind you.
All this begs the question, how many tabloids in other countries use these dirty illegal tricks? US, France, Germany? I look at tabloids here in the US and feel dirty just looking at the stupid headlines while in line at the local Superfresh.
I wouldn't put it entirely past Bild. As for the rest... nah. Can't see it. Not to this extent, anyway. Wiretap a crooked politician (but I repeat myself), perhaps. A famous film star already well known for his... erm... bits-on-the-side? Possibly. But a teenage murder victim? The family of a dead soldier? No, I believe that would be beyond the pale to anyone except the infamous British "journalist".
I wonder how these editor asssholes can sleep at night knowing how dirty their profession is.
Complete and utter lack of morals, and a penchant for the high horse. They're doing a public service, right? Surely that means that they can pry into anything they like, publically important or not? It's their Murdoch-given right!
Richard
09 Jul 11
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Originally posted by Shallow Blueyeah, gag me with a spoon......
Sacrificial lamb. And I hope they don't let him get away with it. If the British police have any sense (what a hope!), they'll be in there the second the last page is off to the press, and seize the entire office, mail servers first and foremost. If they don't, say bye-goodie-bye to your court case, 'cause there won't be a shred of evidence left.
By th they like, publically important or not? It's their Murdoch-given right!
Richard
How much of the UK's public media is controlled by the Murdoch's?
Maybe we in the US are somewhat protected by a smaller portion of monopolizing and therefore more competition? I don't know, that could work either way....
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10 Jul 11
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Originally posted by sonhouseOnly some of the papers and some of the television, but it's the shoutiest part. And, therefore, the part with the most influence. Like Fox over in the States: only one station, but it's the one station all Teabaggers watch and would (stupidly) trust their lives with.
yeah, gag me with a spoon......
How much of the UK's public media is controlled by the Murdoch's?
Maybe we in the US are somewhat protected by a smaller portion of monopolizing and therefore more competition? I don't know, that could work either way....
You don't really believe that, do you? Remember, Murdoch owns (and writes the story lines for!) a certain aforementioned television station...
Richard
10 Jul 11
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Originally posted by Shallow BlueHe only sells what (most) people want, bloody hypocrites.
Only some of the papers and some of the television, but it's the shoutiest part. And, therefore, the part with the most influence. Like Fox over in the States: only one station, but it's the one station all Teabaggers watch and would (stupidly) trust their lives with.
Maybe we in the US are somewhat protected by a smaller portion of monopolizi ...[text shortened]... a (and writes the story lines for!) a certain aforementioned television station...
Richard
What's the difference in hacking phones and the media camped outside of your house, harassing anybody who knows you?
Invading privacy is the name of the game.
Stupidity runs with the stupid.
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13 Jul 11
Originally posted by WoodgieThe difference is that both phone hacking and harassing bystanders are illegal, while merely being camped outside on the pavement is not.
What's the difference in hacking phones and the media camped outside of your house, harassing anybody who knows you?
If I step out onto the street I know I am in the public domain, and will be careful what to say and to whom. I do not have the legal right to expect nobody to be there to hear what I blurt out. Contrariwise, If I speak, privately, over my phone to my GP, I expect that conversation to remain private. That right I do have, by law. And if I visit my brother, I have the right not to be intentionally grabbed or blocked by anyone, even if he is famous.
But none of this is important. Tweedledum and Tweedledee made it quite evident, just now at PMQ, that all they're really interested in is bickering over which of them is the worst bucket of corrupted slime. They seem to have forgotten that most people wouldn't buy a second-hand car - or even a second-hand book - from either of them. The job at hand was to make sure that the Murdochs and their cronies never have an influence in British society again. That job will never be done, because all Ed'n'Dave see it as is yet another prime occasion to pick the lice off one another's short-and-curlies. It's disgusting.
And now Murdoch's Illegal Advisor has quit his job. My prediction: this is the perfect excuse for NewsCorp to say that it is no more than ordinary company policy to delete his private data, including all his emails; and he'll have another nice job somewhere else in the Murdoch empire within weeks.
Richard
13 Jul 11
Originally posted by Shallow BlueOh come on now.
The difference is that both phone hacking and harassing bystanders are illegal, while merely being camped outside on the pavement is not.
If I step out onto the street I know I am in the public domain, and will be careful what to say and to whom. I do not have the legal right to expect nobody to be there to hear what I blurt out. Contrariwise, If I spe ...[text shortened]... e'll have another nice job somewhere else in the Murdoch empire within weeks.
Richard
How much stuff do you spout off with on the internet?
How many sites on the internet do you regularly traverse?
What charities do you contribute to?
Where do you shop for goods and services?
All of this "personal" information is available and quite easy to obtain.
Big Brother has all of us pegged and monitored regularly whether we like it or not.
They easily eavesdrop on conversations inside of your home WITHOUT the need of a telephone.
They install wiretaps on land lines.
The open air transmissions are even easier to grab.
Your credit cards, bank, and other personal information can be hacked from your
place of work, your bank accounts, or anyplace you use a credit card.
Why in the world would you believe for one second that you have any privacy?
The only ones who DON'T know about your personal information are those who don't care.
As far as harassment on the street goes, that is like shooting fish in a barrel.
As decent P.I. can do wonders and you don't even need the government watchdogs.
The media is merely a funded extension of the political machine.
They slant their views to their target market.
They are all slime, just like lawyers and politicians.
Their existence is there to keep you under control for those who have the true power.
Think about it. How do you partition and insulate yourself from the masses?
You create social classes.
How do you keep the masses from rising up against you?
You create tension or chaos between those factions.
The highest class is more concerned with fending off the class below them, that they
don't pursue the class above them as vigorously.
If you ever strip all power and riches from all of the classes, you create a siege
that will overthrow those in power by force.
Therefore, they keep just enough strife to keep everyone agitated, and we do the rest for them.
13 Jul 11
Originally posted by shortcircuitFair point that not a lot is truly private nowadays, but there is a vast difference between the powers that be knowing your sensitive personal data, and some retard newspaper printing it a hundred thousand times and circulating it around the world, for all to see.
Oh come on now.
How much stuff do you spout off with on the internet?
How many sites on the internet do you regularly traverse?
What charities do you contribute to?
Where do you shop for goods and services?
All of this "personal" information is available and quite easy to obtain.
Big Brother has all of us pegged and monitored regularly whethe ...[text shortened]... fore, they keep just enough strife to keep everyone agitated, and we do the rest for them.
