Phone-hacking scandal closes News of the World To see more go to www.youtube.com Follow us on Facebook (goo.gl or Twitter (www.twitter.com It’s game over for the News of the World. As the phone-hacking scandal comes to an explosive head, this punchy ABC Australia report offers a compelling insight into the saga of claim, counterclaim, costly settlement and political intrigue. “The media, with their red-topped assassins, are the biggest beasts in the modern jungle”. In a quiet pub in Dover, tabloid-hack-turned-publican Paul McMullan holds a phone in each hand and reveals just how stupidly simple it was to access the private phone messages of his prey. According to him, it’s a practise that’s been endemic to journalism in Britain since the late 90s. Yet when a ‘News of the World’ journalist was found to have paid a private investigator to leak information on the Royal family, Rupert Murdoch’s executives claimed it was nothing more than one rogue journalist: “one bad apple!”. In the inquiry that followed, Scotland Yard found the private investigator Glenn Mulcaire had targeted hundreds of prominent people, including a cabinet minister. Insiders claim Murdoch’s political power has stalled the investigation thus far. Yet as the list grows and public outcry intensifies, can the News Corporation remain confident of weathering the storm? Produced By ABC Australia Distributed By Journeyman Pictures November 2010


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