Don’t you feel sick at recent developments in the phone hacking scandal? It is truly scandalous that it is now alleged that News of the World hacked into Milly Dowler’s voicemail. Apparently the hacker deleted messages to make space for new messages to come through. What on earth qualifies a hacker to determine what is a relevant message? What if the police concluded that Milly had simply run away? Milly’s poor parents would have been given false hope that she was still alive. Although Sienna Miller et al have had their privacy similarly breached, this is not the same. Celebs and politicians are used to intrusions to their lives but this recent story is disgusting.
What should be done? The hacker, the journalists that hired him and the then acting editor should all be facing prison sentences. Rupert Murdoch should be prevented from gaining more power – a question avoided by David Cameron today. And, we should not buy The Sun, NotW, The Times or Sunday Times – punish News International through your pennies!
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