An idiots guide to the phone hacking scandal

An idiots guide to the phone hacking scandal

• Its gone on for years.
• Murdoch always has been a ruthless, unscrupulous, megalomaniac.
• Their methods have just adapted with technology.
• Politicians only have themselves to blame.
• The Police have turned a blind eye.
• The initial focus has been on Royals and other VIP's and the attitude has been that everyone else (low priority) could be “swept under the carpet”.
• News Corp, Politicians, Police etc. have all hoped “it will just go away”.
• No one should be surprised at the depths to which the Press have stooped to.
• Journalists are a bunch of arrogant, supercilious, nepotists.
• Events have moved faster than anyone could keep up with or predict.
• This goes right to the heart and core of our political system.

Spitting Images view of News Corp Journalists from the 80's

I've said for over 30 years (yes really) that Murdoch has cultivated an evil, manipulative, megalomaniacal, power-hungry, corrupt, repressive and tyrannical form of press. They claim this is what the public want, but no, this is purely what they serve up to the public. This behavior has been going on for years and it has simply just adapted to, and changed with developments in modern technology. The door stepping, bin-dipping, bullying and bribery has just been replaced by phone/email hacking and private detectives. Politicians have asked for this by being too prepared to cosy up to, be flattered and courted by Murdoch (for his own self interested reasons) and scared to “face up to” him. The Police have been complicit in their dealings with Murdoch (at best) and collusive with him (at worst). Journalists have proved they are just a bunch of nepotistic cronies, corralling round each other bleating about threats to the protection of the freedom of the press. Well, I'm sorry boys, but we do have a free press here, which is NOT under attack from the Government or anyone else on the outside. Its been eaten away internally and this is what it looks like when that's happened.

You've only yourselves to blame. You all sleep walked into this situation!