Hunters
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Does anyone think that there will be less 'pats on the back' from certain Horsey publications now that both Rebecca and Charlie Brooks have been arrested today?
Either she was 'inefficient' (at best) and knew little about what went on or she did know exactly what went on and furthermore sanctioned matters.
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I think it's unlikely that a senior editor knows ALL the details of how reporters get stories - although they certainly should enquire about the veracity of stories they are going to publish. .............
Would you honestly believe, that who ever sanctioned the substantial payments as bribes, didn't check with the senior editor first? Would you also believe that the senior editor, upon reading the journal, which she edits, didn't question where the information came from which she was responsible for publishing? Were I an editor, and responsible, I'd make it my business to know. What ever Ms Brooks may be, stupid she isn't.
Alec.
I think it's unlikely that a senior editor knows ALL the details of how reporters get stories - although they certainly should enquire about the veracity of stories they are going to publish. But reporters tend to rely a LOT on 'personal informants' - and they normally keep details of such informants very confidential. I don't think not knowing that the source was a 'phone tap rather than a personal informant would prove inefficiency. A newspaper like 'screws of the world' relies VERY heavily on 'off the record' and 'non-attributable' sources!
Time will tellif the police actually have evidence to justify these arrests - or whether they are just on fishing trips!
To be fair it was a large newspaper and she had a lot of balls to keep in the air what with making sure she was making friends with the police, keeping politicians under control and being the daughter Murdoch never had...it also takes much longer to look after curly hair than straight hair so she was bound to be running late in the mornings when everyone else had the "let's hack into people's private phone conversations" meetings.
Excellent!! You could be her defence counsel
To be fair it was a large newspaper and she had a lot of balls to keep in the air what with making sure she was making friends with the police, keeping politicians under control and being the daughter Murdoch never had...it also takes much longer to look after curly hair than straight hair so she was bound to be running late in the mornings when everyone else had the "let's hack into people's private phone conversations" meetings.
'Private Eye' last week was potentially a bit closer to the truth, their front cover had a photo of Rebecca Brooks & David Cameron enjoying a drink together. The caption read:
David Cameron: "I have been taken for a ride"
Brooks replies: "You and the whole country"...
For an unreasonable fee I would be more than happy to!
Personally, I was very surprised to see Horse & Hound congratulate her in writing on the birth of her child. Not such bad taste had she actually given birth herself, but a surrogate had a baby for her..
Hope it wasn't one editor keeping in with another....oops!