2. INTRODUCTION
The topic I am looking at is the phone hacking scandal by the
newspaper company News Of The World. I disagree with the issue
described as it effected celebrities and non- celebrities personal lives.
It also went against their human rights such as privacy.
3. WHO WAS INVOLVED?
Senior editors
News Of The World manager Rupert Murdoch.
Rebekah Brooks Andy Coulson Stuart Kuttner
In July 2011, Murdoch faced allegations that his companies, including the
News of the World, owned by News Corporation, had been regularly
hacking the phones of celebrities, royalty and public citizens. He faces
police and government investigations into bribery and corruption by the
British government and FBI investigations in the US.
4. BEFORE THE HACKING
The events of the News of the World, The Sun and The Times took over
the UK news agenda for several weeks. The impact of the revelations
concerning phone-hacking at a time when news corporation (the parent
organisation) was bidding to acquire the rest of BskyB led to the
explosive public debate about the name of the relationships between the
media, the police and the government itself. The long-term effects of
these events on the Murdoch empire still rumble on.
5. CELEBRITIES WHO WERE
HACKED
Charlie Brooks,
Actress
Calum Best,
Fashion model, TV
personality, son of
George Best
Sir Sean Connery,
Actor
Steve Davis,
Snooker player
Ashley Cole,
Footballer
Family of
Madeline McCann
Family of
9/11 victims
Hugh Grant,
Actor
George
Harrison,
Musician in the
Beatles
