Hacking Sir Paul
by digby
In all the hoopla these past couple of weeks I haven’t posted much about the Mucdoch scandal which is still raging and seems to be circling closer and closer to Pier Morgan — and maybe even FoxNews.
This is the most intriguing news this past week:
The latest revelations in the ever-growing Phone Hacking scandal may have less to do with Rupert Murdoch than the Standard Operating Procedure so much used by the Murdoch Empire. This time it’s via The Daily Mirror, whose editor at the time was CNN’s Piers Morgan and who later became Editor at News Of the World and now Scotland Yard would like to have a word or two with him. As was disclosed by Heather Mills, the former Mrs. Macca on an episode of BBC2’s Newsnight this past Wednesday, she was approached by a writer for the Daily Mirror and asked for a statement about a recent spat she had with then-boyfriend Paul. When the journalist gave her a verbatim rundown of a phone call the two had, Heather promptly blew a gasket and threatened legal action if the gist of the conversation was ever made public. When informed of this two days ago, Sir Paul expressed shock, horror and a bee-line visit to Scotland Yard when he finishes his latest tour.
There’s more at the link.
I think people are rightfully horrified at the idea of hacking kidnap victims and the families of dead soldiers. And the blackmail relationships between Murdoch and politicians is nothing short of shocking. But nobody messes with Paul McCartney.
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