I mentioned the News of the World telephone-hacking scandal yesterday. News today is that the newspaper involved, News of the World, will be shutting down on Sunday. Shaffers are shocked (shocked!). This strikes me as a desperate (though thoroughly deserved) outcome, and the purpose (in my opinion) is to contain the damage to the one newspaper, rather than watch it spread (as it surely must?) through the Murdoch news empire. News of the World is part of a wider chain that includes Fox broadcasting, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post. What happens should people draw the conclusion (as they surely must?). Extensive coverage in the Guardian of the scandal.
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