NOTW Trial

[RyeSloan]

Am I the only one enjoying the fact that 2 former editors of a paper that took so much joy in dragging people through the mud are now having to face the same themselves in a court of law.

I believe its impossible that they did not sanction the actions of their journos and hope they pay the price with an appropriately stiff jail sentence.

[Killiehibbie]

I think you might find quite a few people are hoping for that.

[Phil D. Rolls]

Am I the only one enjoying the fact that 2 former editors of a paper that took so much joy in dragging people through the mud are now having to face the same themselves in a court of law.

I believe its impossible that they did not sanction the actions of their journos and hope they pay the price with an appropriately stiff jail sentence.

Loving every minute, and so is Private Eye.

[steakbake]

I think you might find quite a few people are hoping for that.

And quite a few are missing their daily fix of salacious "news"....

As the Divine Comedy sang, 'a mourning nation weeps and wails yet keeps the sales of evil tabloids healthy...'

[jodjam]

And quite a few are missing their daily fix of salacious "news"....

As the Divine Comedy sang, 'a mourning nation weeps and wails yet keeps the sales of evil tabloids healthy...'

Neil hannon is a genius. Great lyricist. I'm sure he could pen a few tunes out of this mess

[heretoday]

Steve Bell in the Guardian has a good cartoon depicting how the NoftheW might have covered RB and AC's affair.

That's one affair they kept very quiet about at the time!

[Jonnyboy]

Steve Bell in the Guardian has a good cartoon depicting how the NoftheW might have covered RB and AC's affair.

That's one affair they kept very quiet about at the time!

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cartoon/2013/oct/31/steve-bell-news-world-hacking-trial

[Miguel]

As someone 'in the trade', I always despised the sort of material that these sort of people served up. It's all very well saying that if the public didn't like it, they didn't have to buy it, but this lowest common denominator stuff seeps into the culture and infects all around it.
I believe in freedom of the press, but that shouldn't mean a free for all and that's what happened from the 1980s onwards and reached its horrific culmination in the actions of some people.
Innocent until proven guilty though...

[heretoday]

This pair must have some pretty damning stories up their sleeves about many establishment figures.

Should they be convicted, I wonder if certain people will be pushing for lenient sentences or kid glove treatment for them in prison in fear of a "Brooks/Coulson Backlash".

[Jonnyboy]

This pair must have some pretty damning stories up their sleeves about many establishment figures.

Should they be convicted, I wonder if certain people will be pushing for lenient sentences or kid glove treatment for them in prison in fear of a "Brooks/Coulson Backlash".

Why, whoever could you mean? :wink:

[Phil D. Rolls]

Why, whoever could you mean? :wink:

Say what you like, but I reckon that Johnn Barrowman is gay.

[Killiehibbie]

Why, whoever could you mean? :wink:A bit like the story I heard years ago. Guy selling porn at a Sunday market gets arrested gives his lawyer a list of customers names charges dropped.

[RyeSloan]

I see this trial is back on and some damning evidence presented by an ex hack...not looking good for Coulson and co, which is a right shame. Not.

Any idea of likely sentences if found guilty?

[heretoday]

I wouldn't bet on this crowd getting long sentences, if at all. They probably have some dirt on the judge!

[lapsedhibee]

I wouldn't bet on this crowd getting long sentences, if at all.

:agree: Tabloid staff don't do long sentences.

[The_Todd]

:agree: Tabloid staff don't do long sentences.

:greengrin

[Hibbyradge]

:agree: Tabloid staff don't do long sentences.

:top marks

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[heretoday]

:agree: Tabloid staff don't do long sentences.

You should be on The Sun with that sort of stuff!

[Phil D. Rolls]

Despite timing the verdict to coincide with the World Cup, it has managed to feature high in the order of news bulletins this week.

Good job they were able to release more about Saville, or people might have picked up on the fact that Cameron tried to halt the trial.

[Big Ed]

Despite timing the verdict to coincide with the World Cup, it has managed to feature high in the order of news bulletins this week.

Good job they were able to release more about Saville, or people might have picked up on the fact that Cameron tried to halt the trial.

I wonder what press stories will emerge next week, when Coulson and the five others, who have already pleaded guilty to charges, get their sentences?

[Phil D. Rolls]

I wonder what press stories will emerge next week, when Coulson and the five others, who have already pleaded guilty to charges, get their sentences?

Is Rolf Harris still on trial? Also there will be more people coming forward to defend their position as the latest Saville "revelations" are aired. Just a pity England went out of the World Cup earlier than Dave expected.

[Big Ed]

Is Rolf Harris still on trial? Also there will be more people coming forward to defend their position as the latest Saville "revelations" are aired. Just a pity England went out of the World Cup earlier than Dave expected.

Frankly though, I’m not sure any significant level of obfuscation in the broadcast or print media is necessary: just sit tight and it will all blow away.

Coulson had to sue News Group in order to pay for his legal fees, he will go to prison, but there is no indication that he will exact any revenge on them by spilling his guts.

“Great Day for the Red Tops” claimed The Sun, all too predictably. I wonder if Sara Payne, the mother of a murdered child whom Brooks befriended, whilst presenting her with a mobile phone which was subsequently hacked by one of her staff, must have felt when she saw that?

[Phil D. Rolls]

Frankly though, I’m not sure any significant level of obfuscation in the broadcast or print media is necessary: just sit tight and it will all blow away.

Coulson had to sue News Group in order to pay for his legal fees, he will go to prison, but there is no indication that he will exact any revenge on them by spilling his guts.

“Great Day for the Red Tops” claimed The Sun, all too predictably. I wonder if Sara Payne, the mother of a murdered child whom Brooks befriended, whilst presenting her with a mobile phone which was subsequently hacked by one of her staff, must have felt when she saw that?

Brooks is vermin, but it seems the British people will tolerate that for their daily fix of gossip and scandal.

[Big Ed]

Brooks is vermin, but it seems the British people will tolerate that for their daily fix of gossip and scandal.

If all of this was simply about sharp practices by some hacks working for a salacious rag, trying to find out if Jude Law was ****ging the nanny, or some nonsense like that, then it wouldn’t be much more than **** all…

It’s not though.

The Prime Minister, with the backing of his Chancellor, hired a man whom they knew was involved in industrial scale criminality as their Communications Director.

As this has all panned out, we have witnessed Police corruption, political collusion to the benefit of the most influential media magnate in the world and the most disgusting intrusion of privacy imaginable, see Sara Payne etc.

Yet once Coulson has been sentenced, it will be as if none of this ever happened.

[Betty Boop]

[QUOTE=Big Ed;4080012]If all of this was simply about sharp practices by some hacks working for a salacious rag, trying to find out if Jude Law was ****ging the nanny, or some nonsense like that, then it wouldn’t be much more than **** all…

It’s not though.

The Prime Minister, with the backing of his Chancellor, hired a man whom they knew was involved in industrial scale criminality as their Communications Director.

As this has all panned out, we have witnessed Police corruption, political collusion to the benefit of the most influential media magnate in the world and the most disgusting intrusion of privacy imaginable, see Sara Payne etc.

Yet once Coulson has been sentenced, it will be as if none of this ever happened.[/QUOTE


​18 months for Andy Coulson.

[Steve-O]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/disgraced-andy-coulson-jailed-18-3807316

[Big Ed]

[QUOTE=Big Ed;4080012]If all of this was simply about sharp practices by some hacks working for a salacious rag, trying to find out if Jude Law was ****ging the nanny, or some nonsense like that, then it wouldn’t be much more than **** all…

It’s not though.

The Prime Minister, with the backing of his Chancellor, hired a man whom they knew was involved in industrial scale criminality as their Communications Director.

As this has all panned out, we have witnessed Police corruption, political collusion to the benefit of the most influential media magnate in the world and the most disgusting intrusion of privacy imaginable, see Sara Payne etc.

Yet once Coulson has been sentenced, it will be as if none of this ever happened.[/QUOTE


​18 months for Andy Coulson.

He was always going to jail: I’d have been genuinely surprised if he had escaped a custodial sentence, but the length of the sentence is irrelevant.

He is the fall guy.