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Did the Guardian get it wrong?
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http://www.telegraph....ews-of-the-World.html
The voicemails on Milly Dowler’s phone which caused a media outcry, could have been deleted automatically by her phone company.
If this is correct, was the News of the World still so guilty of wrongdoings, that it needed to be closed down?
The voicemails on Milly Dowler’s phone which caused a media outcry, could have been deleted automatically by her phone company.
If this is correct, was the News of the World still so guilty of wrongdoings, that it needed to be closed down?
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It was closed down in the hope that it would take the heat off the owner. There was never a need as such.
I had assumed they'd have checked why the VMs were deleted before claims were made. Surely there are enough lawsuits flying around to convince professinals to make that simple check before making accusations ?
I had assumed they'd have checked why the VMs were deleted before claims were made. Surely there are enough lawsuits flying around to convince professinals to make that simple check before making accusations ?
Interesting spin ... the hackers may (or possibly may not) have actually deleted the messages - there is still much dispute about this.
BUT the mere act of a hacker reading the messages marked them as 'already read' - which then caused them to be auto-deleted by the voicemail system a day or two later - which caused the Dowler family to have their hopes cruelly and falsely raised that Milly was reading her voicemail and thus was alive.
So the NoW hacks WERE responsible whichever way the cookie is crumbled.
BUT the mere act of a hacker reading the messages marked them as 'already read' - which then caused them to be auto-deleted by the voicemail system a day or two later - which caused the Dowler family to have their hopes cruelly and falsely raised that Milly was reading her voicemail and thus was alive.
So the NoW hacks WERE responsible whichever way the cookie is crumbled.
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before you start demanding apologies from the Guardian, perhaps you should be aware that it's ahead of you...
http://www.guardian.c...ns-and-clarifications
http://www.guardian.c...ns-and-clarifications
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