'hackinggate'

[Scylax]

Is anyone else bored to tears over the current Murdoch brouhaha ?
To my mind it is a very minor affair kept alive by discredited MPs, trying to
bury their own recent guilt of expenses theft. There are more newsworthy items than this 'hackinggate' misdemeanour.

[emmie]

Indeed, but i feel very sorry for the families affected like the Dowlers.

[Ankou]

i will never get bored of it so long as ab threads come up about it.

[jake-the-peg]

You think Police officers taking payments from journalists is a minor affair?

You think it's of no importance that the Police officer who lead the original invistigation that let the News of the World off the hook left the force straight after to write columns for News international?

I bet you wouldn't think it a 'misdemeanour' if they'd hired a private investigator to go through your bins and listen in on your conversations!

[Gromit]

No, I'm not bored with it. Each twist and turn is like a thriller.

Last night, ex-employees of James Murdoch contradicted his evidence to parliament, dropping him in it massively. All good stuff.

[Ankou]

its like dynasty really.

[emmie]

without the shoulder pads.

[LazyGun]

1. Allegations that several senior police within the Met were corrupt - benefits in kind, cash, jobs. Cozy relationship with a revolving door between NI and the Met.The resignations of 2 extremely senior police officers.
2. Allegations of illegal activity, with voice intercepts and meddling with left messages, giving false hope to a grieving family and impeding an ongoing murder investigation by NI journalists.
3. Journalists alleged to have practiced such illegal acts, and having business dealings with the criminal underclass accepted first into the circle of influence of the Tory party and latterly the influence of the Prime Minister.
4.Allegations of illegal activity on an industrial scale being levelled against a highly influential multinational with aspirations to obtains still greater control of the media agenda.Allegations of misleading and lying to parliament by the chief executive, by 2 former high level colleagues. The arrest and questioning of 10 or so NI editors / journalists over the allegations of voice intercepts, when for years, NI peddled the line that it was a lone "rogue reporter".
5.A high profile newspaper, the most widely read in the UK, sacrificed, along with the jobs of 200 or so individuals, in order to protect one person.
6. The sight of one of the most influential media barons in modern times, Rupert Murdoch, being humbled by the very people he has held in thrall for decades. The sight of senior NI executives, who, by denying any knowledge of these activities, have shown themselves to be either liars or incompetents - or both.

Can you just point out to me which part of these stories are minor? Which of these allegations are just trivial things being kept alive by discredited MPs?

There are some hugely newsworthy stories out there, but I dont feel they have been especially neglected as a consequence of the coverage of this story - just need to read around a bit...

[eyethenkyew]

Yes, I'm definitely totally underwhelmed with tainted MPs having the gall to take the moral high ground in this. Where were they two years ago during the expenses scandal? Oops, sorry, I forgot - they were part of it.

Chris Bryant: Check him out. Tom Watson: Check him out.

Apart from the alleged hacking of Millie Dowler's phone, absolutely abhorrent, who gives a monkey's about the hurt feelings and mock outrage of all these self publicising, self promoting, attention seeking "celebrities"?

And another of the loudest "mock outraged" is a certain John Prescott - what a total and complete farce from someone who was far from 'whiter than white' in public office: Check this 'Peer of the Realm' out also.

I cannot condone phone hacking but, please, let's at least try to trot out a few more credible complainants instead of soiled goods!

[birdie1971]

I completely agree with LazyGun. This is a scandal that goes right to the heart of the government of our country and has stated to expose huge amounts of illegal gratuities and bribes to police officers and other officials right from the very top to the very bottom.

The fact that Scylax is expressing the view that I have heard from many other sources, that the British public is growing tired of this story, just goes to prove how depressingly apathetic the general public is to politics in general.

Never mind. The new issue of 'Heat' magazine has just been published. Apparently, Victoria Beckham’s just bought herself a £8,995 handbag! Joy of joys!