Murdoch Phone Hacking Scandal

The news of the world shut down because of the Phone Hacking Scandal, after years in printing it was the first significant effects of the scandal. They hacked into the voice mail of missing school girl "Milly Dowlers" This was illegal because they went against the Data Protection Act which clearly stated that invading personal information whether through voicemail, bank statement etc is against the law.

In a report by the Guardian on July 4th , 2011, the police found evidence linking private investigator Glenn Mulcaire  Have collected personal information about the missing school girl Milly Dowler. According to the paper, Glenn and other Private Investigators were hired by News of The World to hack into the Dowlers voicemail. In doing so they released information that gave the Dowler family false hope that their daughter was still alive when she was already dead, and also whilst they were going through these voicemails they deleted the evidence which could have helped the detectives and the police in finding Milly Dowler months earlier and give the family a sense of closure. One could argue that such irresponsible behavior could be what led to the missing school girl's death.

There were to many allegations and evidence been put forward against the News of The World to keep it in tact. Whilst majority of the high class individuals stoop up for the news of the world scandal, their was only one person who stood up against such disgusting behaviors and this was Labor MP Tom Watson. He claimed that there was " More chance of parliament being hit by a meteorite than conservatives passing judgement on the Murdochs' leadership of News Corporation"  Meaning that our current government would rather go down for the whole thing instead of speaking out against the Murdochs. He also lashed out against Torry members of the commons' culture committee for siding with Rupert and James Murdoch, as they were brought to an amendment which said that Rupert Murdoch was "not fit" to run an international company.

Because of all the allegations against the news of the world Rebakah Brooks, the chief executive of the News International quit after worldwide spread criticizm  of her role in the phone hacking scandal. Although she claims to not having any knowledge of what was going on around her, she was still being scrutinized by member of the oppositions and the public.

Even the Prime Minister david Cameron is said to be involved in the phone hacking, when his communication Director Andy Coulsdon resigned from his post because it was said that he has been covering events to his previous old job at the news of the world.  Also because it was alleged that David Cameron was seen horse back riding with Rebakah Brooks's husband Charlie Brooks, a horse trainer.  It was then reported in the Mail that Cameron had finally admitted to having been out horse riding with Charlie Brooks, but it was only because the horse was loaned to Rebakah by a metropolitan Police.