Trouble isn’t over for Murdoch and Co.
The downfall of The News of the World was one of the biggest crisis management mishaps this year, and thanks to emerging information we’re finding the entire circus may not be over yet. A quote, from the Guardian UK:
Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and their former editor Andy Coulson all face embarrassing new allegations of dishonesty and cover-up after the publication of an explosive letter written by the News of the World’s disgraced royal correspondent, Clive Goodman.
In the letter, which was written four years ago but published only on Tuesday, Goodman claims that phone hacking was “widely discussed” at editorial meetings at the paper until Coulson himself banned further references to it; that Coulson offered to let him keep his job if he agreed not to implicate the paper in hacking when he came to court; and that his own hacking was carried out with “the full knowledge and support” of other senior journalists, whom he named.
The Murdoch’s main defense was to pile all blame on Goodman, but with his letter naming names in a big way, it looks like the case will be getting a closer look. Scotland Yard is already involved, and I would be shocked if we didn’t see senior News International staffers in front of parliment in the very near future.
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