Senior News of the World staff 'misled' Parliament over phone-hacking, committee finds
Summary
As we all know the demise of News of the World was in the news heavily a year or two ago due to the phone hacking scandal and its links to the disappearance of Milly Dowler. Now this article has come to light that executives at News Of The World misled parliment in their investigations on purpose when giving evidence as witnesses in 2011. Two men Mr Myler and Mr Crone were found to be in contempt of the house and later were jailed for giving false evidence.After news of the world closed in 2011 after it emerged the newspaper had intercepted voicemail of the missing teenager Milly Dowler.
Key Statistics
- Around 5,500 people were likely or potential victims of News Of The World phone hacking scandal.
My Opinion
I do not see why executives at News Of The World lied, the demise of the newspaper had already begun when they were accused of phone hacking and further investigated for it. It would have been very hard to hide and salvage the newspaper after that so I think that the executives should have just told the truth. It is a slim possibility but telling the truth may have meant that Mr Crone and Mr Myler could have avoided jail time. However, I personally still have questions as to what we were told and what we were not told about the scandal because we know that some celebrities such as Shane Richie and Shobna Gulati were hacked and won payouts for damages as a result but people that are likely to have been involved in some way such as Rebecca Brooks editor at News UK were found not guilty. Was certain information still kept out of the public eye?
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