do this, don't do that - media edition
Jul. 7th, 2011 10:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
veronica_richSo I'm far from fully knowledgeable on either of these, but a couple of media things from the week on which I'm allowed an expert opinion ...
1. My initial, gut reaction to News of the World in the UK being shut down was probably like a lot of people's - "If you're going to practice that kind of 'journalism,' good riddance." Five seconds later, though, you realize the truth of the matter: Lots of people who had nothing to do with the phone hacking are going to be losing their jobs so Murdoch can suck up to the British government enough to be allowed to take over yet more media outlets.
All I can say is, Rebekah Brooks must've sucked a LOT of wrinkly old-man cock.
2. Jurors in the Casey Anthony case are talking about their deliberations, how they couldn't convict on the evidence as presented. And, they're likely correct. I find these interviews interesting as a reader and a journalist - unlike what the News of the World reporters did to get their information and their judgment, these are valid stories in the public interest. It's telling to see how and why 12 people could go against overwhelming public opinion.
..... And my opinion two minutes later is still that that (bad swear word for someone pretending to be in the same profession as me) redhead sucked a lot of cock. (This of course, has nothing to do with her gender - it's all about her ethics.)
1. My initial, gut reaction to News of the World in the UK being shut down was probably like a lot of people's - "If you're going to practice that kind of 'journalism,' good riddance." Five seconds later, though, you realize the truth of the matter: Lots of people who had nothing to do with the phone hacking are going to be losing their jobs so Murdoch can suck up to the British government enough to be allowed to take over yet more media outlets.
All I can say is, Rebekah Brooks must've sucked a LOT of wrinkly old-man cock.
2. Jurors in the Casey Anthony case are talking about their deliberations, how they couldn't convict on the evidence as presented. And, they're likely correct. I find these interviews interesting as a reader and a journalist - unlike what the News of the World reporters did to get their information and their judgment, these are valid stories in the public interest. It's telling to see how and why 12 people could go against overwhelming public opinion.
..... And my opinion two minutes later is still that that (bad swear word for someone pretending to be in the same profession as me) redhead sucked a lot of cock. (This of course, has nothing to do with her gender - it's all about her ethics.)
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Date: 2011-07-08 12:20 pm (UTC)NOTW also hacked into the phones of the families of two other murdered children: Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. And in addition to families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan, they also hacked the phones of families of victims of terrorist attacks in London. And the royal family's phones, of course. And, as many 4000 other people.
They've also bribed police and who knows how they managed to get "top-ranking officials" (according to one news report) to collude the suppression of evidence that they were hacking into the phones of celebrities and politicians, including the PM and Deputy PM. (Well, I say "who knows how" but I suspect that blackmail or bribery may have entered into it).
Previous articles in various publications like the NY Times said that knowledge of the practice was widespread in the newsroom. The sheer scale of the hacking and bribery means that more than a few employees were involved. While I agree that the mailroom staff and so on shouldn't be held culpable and punished, they may not be. Murdoch is publishing one of his other rags a couple of extra days a week IIRC and looking to buy another media/news outlet. Maybe he'll re-hire them. I'm sure he's planning to re-hire any reporters not in jail.