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Murdoch Paper Reporters Eavesdropped On Celebrities' Voicemail

Posted by timothy on from the have-a-whole-room-in-the-at&t-building-too dept.

Michael_Curator writes "Executives at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.-owned papers (including current Tory spokesman Andy Coulson) allowed reporters to hack into phone conversations of celebrities and then paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover it up. How did famously technologically-challenged reporters manage the feat without BT catching on? Voicemail." The New York Times says a preliminary investigation's been ordered, but the BBC's coverage indicates that a large-scale inquiry is unlikely.

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  1. Re:Allegedly. by SomeJoel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would it make a difference if they had said "allegedly"? People always assume that those accused are guilty. Look at COPS on TV. They have a disclaimer that says "all suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law" but the content of the show clearly implies that everyone is guilty. Disclaimers are so common and superfluous* that nobody pays attention to them anymore.

    *: Not all disclaimers are superfluous

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  2. Re:FTFA - default passwords by Digestromath · · Score: 5, Funny

    So we all agree it isn't theft. Its obviously copyright infringement! The penalties in the US would mark it as 100,000$ per voicemail track downloaded.