Murdoch’s Sun dimmed by bribery scandal
Posted by Charles II on February 11, 2012
David Batty, Damien Pierce, and agencies; The Guardian
The Sun has been plunged into crisis following the arrest of five of its most senior journalists, including the deputy editor, over allegations of inappropriate payments to police and public officials.
The five Sun journalists are understood to be: deputy editor Geoff Webster, picture editor John Edwards, chief reporter John Kay, chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker and reporter John Sturgis.
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A Surrey police officer, 39, a Ministry of Defence employee, 39, and a member of the armed forces, 36, were also arrested at their homes on Saturday on suspicion of corruption, misconduct in a public office and conspiracy in relation to both.
The top man, Editor Dominic Mohan, was not arrested.
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Phoenix Woman said
I was just going to come here to post this, Charles! Thanks.
It’s getting harder and harder for Rupert to sustain the “only a few bad apples” defense. More and more, it’s looking like the phone hacking was sanctioned, if not outright ordered, at the highest levels of NewsCorp.