Comments on: News of the World staff, defiant to the bitter end http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/07/11/news-of-the-world-staff-defiant-to-the-end/ Musing & misadventures of a writer, comedian, and local treasure Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:17:00 -0500 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Jen http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/07/11/news-of-the-world-staff-defiant-to-the-end/#comment-8520 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:53:25 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=5567#comment-8520 It really makes you wonder about how people blindly follow the leader. Sure it’s easy to learn from your employer, because it’s easy to learn on a one-on-one basis. It makes you wonder about how many people are singing the praises of an employee simply because they are a push-over. I haven’t followed this, but thanks for the video, Kevin. It really has given me something to reflect on.

I’d imagine that after arrests, these folks just carefully coached their employees on how to keep their mouths shut about what was going on, how to be complicit in the actions and how this practice is a widely used and only “slightly in the grey area of ethics” practice.

]]> By: Kevin Marshall http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/07/11/news-of-the-world-staff-defiant-to-the-end/#comment-8519 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:36:36 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=5567#comment-8519 Billy – I don’t think that’s quite what she meant.

]]> By: Kevin Marshall http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/07/11/news-of-the-world-staff-defiant-to-the-end/#comment-8518 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:27:34 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=5567#comment-8518 Tim – Most but not all. Three of the 12 arrests recently are currently staff members. This current investigation is also in relation to just what happened in 2002 and in 2007, after the former Royal editor Clive Goodman had already been arrested and jailed for it. Additionally, a chief reporter (who as far as I know was still with the paper) was arrested back in April in relation to the investigation. The impression that has been put forth is that the phone hacking and especially the police bribery was common knowledge and practice, and that it continued well after concerns were risen and investigations launched. That they’re arresting people for 2002 and 2007 transgressions does not mean they are exclusive to those years. Particularly not when 4,000 targets are involved. Additionally, the New York Times confirmed that in 2010 an unnamed television personality had been alerted that her phone had been recently hacked, and the number was traced back to News of the World.

Additionally, there is even more being uncovered in relation to bribes distributed to police officers and more arrests forthcoming in those specific instances, some of which occurred this calendar year: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/11/news-of-the-world-police-corruption

]]> By: Billy The Kidd http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/07/11/news-of-the-world-staff-defiant-to-the-end/#comment-8517 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:14:26 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=5567#comment-8517 Ann, Too much freedom ?????????? Do you not like the Constitution???? Freedom of the press ????? You’re a LIBERAL ???????? Non issue in America !!!! Different rules in England.

]]> By: HomeTownGirl http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/07/11/news-of-the-world-staff-defiant-to-the-end/#comment-8516 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:22:44 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=5567#comment-8516 Bloody hell it’s all rubbish!

]]> By: Ann http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/07/11/news-of-the-world-staff-defiant-to-the-end/#comment-8515 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:49:05 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=5567#comment-8515 Unbelievable! But journalism is more about the sensationalism and the money than about anything like the truth or making sure justice is served. We’ve allowed the media too much freedom; not that this would ever happen here.

]]> By: Tim in Waterford http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/07/11/news-of-the-world-staff-defiant-to-the-end/#comment-8514 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:35:59 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=5567#comment-8514 Kevin,

I could be wrong, but I thought I read somewhere that most, if not all, of the guilty parties at NOTW were dismissed long before the paper shut down. This is certainly true of management; I believe the outgoing editor-in-chief had only been there 18 months and was brought in to help clean up the mess.

In the end, though, Murdoch sacrificed the paper to save one person, Rebekah Brooks, who he not only failed to fire but even promoted to chief executive of News International. She’s the one who needs to fry for this, not a bunch of staffers who weren’t even there at the time.

]]> By: GenWar http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/07/11/news-of-the-world-staff-defiant-to-the-end/#comment-8513 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:04:50 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=5567#comment-8513 I have no idea what this blog is about.

Oh well, if it’s important, I’m sure I’ll read all about it in next week’s News of the Word.

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