UK Phone-Hacking Scandal Latest

July 06, 2011 from Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera's Paul Brennan reports on the latest developments in the UK phone-hacking scandal, including allegations that journalists working for the News of the World newspaper didn't just target the voice messages of celebrities, but also victims of crime and their families, and police officers working on sensitive investigations.

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News of the World

The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations. Originally estab... Explore this topic

Andy Coulson

Andrew Edward Coulson is an English journalist and political strategist. Coulson was the editor of the News of the World from 2003 until his resignation in 2007, following the conviction of one of the newspaper's reporters in relation to illegal phone-hacking. He subsequently ... Explore this topic

News of the World phone hacking affair

The News International phone-hacking scandal — dubbed "Hackgate", "Rupertgate", or "Murdochgate" by the press — is an ongoing controversy involving the now defunct News of the World and other British newspapers published by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation.... Explore this topic

News International

NI Group Limited is a British newspaper publisher, and a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation. It is the current publisher of The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun newspapers and its former publications include the Today, News of the World and The London Paper newspap... Explore this topic

Tabloid

A tabloid is a newspaper with compact page size smaller than broadsheet, although there is no standard for the precise dimensions of the tabloid newspaper format. The term "tabloid journalism", which, along with the use of large pictures, tends to emphasize topics such as sens... Explore this topic

David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. He represents Witney as its Member of Parliament (MP). Cameron studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics ... Explore this topic

Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KSG is an Australian American media mogul. Murdoch became managing director of Australia's News Limited, inherited from his father, in 1952. He is the founder, Chairman and CEO of global media holding company News Corporation, the world's second-large... Explore this topic

UK Parliament

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories. It is located in Westminster, London. Parli... Explore this topic

Newspaper

A newspaper is a periodical publication containing news regarding current events, informative articles, diverse features, editorials, and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6,580 daily newspapers... Explore this topic

Rebekah Brooks

Rebekah Mary Brooks is a British journalist and former newspaper editor. She was Chief Executive Officer of News International from 2009 to 2011, having previously served as the youngest editor of a British national newspaper at News of the World from 2000 to 2003, and the fir... Explore this topic

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