Reply #10: Apology over phone hacking scandal (Rupert Murdoch's Paper Admits to it) [View All]

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Source: Guardian UK

News of the World publisher News International sought to draw a line under the phone hacking scandal today, apologising and admitting liability in a number of cases.

The company said it had instructed lawyers to set up a compensation scheme to deal with "justifiable claims" and said "past behaviour" at the newspaper was "a matter of genuine regret"

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/apology-over-phone-hacking-scandal-2265288.html

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They have set up a fund to start paying off the people who are suing them...before the cases go to court, it sounds like. Murdoch has been forced to admit to it but I think it is a ploy to get people to stop suing and to stop information from becoming public record in court.

I think they are trying to stop their higher level employees from being arrested by trying to get the cases to be withdrawn.

My guess? It is too late. Hugh Grant taped a Newscorp reporter (retired) who admitted to widespread hacking all the way up to the director of newscorp Rebekah Brookes. If Murdoch can't kill the lawsuits now, he loses his top henchmen...and his son is the one who wrote all the bribe and coverup checks.