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News Corp Faces Storm Over Alleged Phone Hacks

Here is a story that might have some real implications for some journos at some of Rupert Murdoch’s

From Financial Times:

The Information Commissioner’s Office, which monitors privacy and access to official information in the UK, said that 31 journalists working for The News of the World and The Sun had paid investigators to obtain personal information through “blagging” – impersonating the target of a journalistic investigation.

After a brief inquiry, London police said there was no need for further investigation into claims by The Guardian newspaper that “two to three thousand” public figures’ phones may have been accessed, as no additional information had come to light.

So, is that to say there is no evidence? That doesn’t seem like something Guardian would do, is it?

Read on.

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