(excerpt from) Periscope Post
Hugh Grant turns the tables on the News of the World
The News of the World phone hacking scandal continues, as Hugh Grant hacks a hack.
Alongside “actor” and “celebrity” Hugh Grant can now add “citizen journalist” to his CV. Clearing his own path through the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, Grant has covertly recorded a former NoW journalist speaking about the illegal practices of the paper and the collusion of the police, Rupert Murdoch and even the prime minister. You might say that Grant has hacked a hack…
Hugh Grant’s account is: here.
Filed under: activism, media, News, politics, progressive politics Tagged: | citizen journalists, entertainment news, Hugh Grant, journalism, media empires, New Of The World scandal, Rupert Murdoch
That scandal might turn into a serious nightmare
for News Corps since the UK newspapers belonging
to that are loss makers anyhow, regardless of the
noise they make. As tabloids are regarded ever more
disreputable, that scandal could become expensive.
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