Comments on: How the news sites are treating the phone tapping story

By: How the media told the phone hacking story, Part 2 – Judith Townend « Inforrm's Blog

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:08:10 +0000

[...] tracked some of that early coverage here and identified the only place you could find mention of phone hacking on the Sun’s website, [...]

By: Stephen Glover on NOTW phone hacking: lay off, we’re dying « Paperhouse

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:11:46 +0000

[...] than to any of those (probably much less important) stories. In contrast, News International has barely acknowledged that it’s under [...]

By: Judith Townend

Judith Townend — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:47:12 +0000

d’oh. Amended to Australasia. Thanks.

By: snuh

snuh — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:11:13 +0000

um the “fiji times” is not australian. the name is a clue.

By: Liberal Conspiracy » NotW hacking: how the story is developing

Liberal Conspiracy » NotW hacking: how the story is developing — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:09:19 +0000

[...] Commons launches investigation Press watchdog reopens investigations How are mobile phones hacked? How news sites are treating the phone tapping story Huhne calls for Cameron to sack Andy Coulson In pictures: Celebrties hacked by News of the [...]

By: “The sheer thrill of disclosure” « Paperhouse

“The sheer thrill of disclosure” « Paperhouse — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:24:54 +0000

[...] are currently avoiding navel gazing with admirable consistency: the Sun and the News Of The World aren’t running the story at all, while the Times has tucked the story away in their “More News” section. This is a [...]

By: Jenny Lee

Jenny Lee — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:20:23 +0000

As of 9 p.m. local time in Australia, the government-owned ABC and the Age, a newspaper owned by Murdoch rival Fairfax, were both headlining the story. No sign on the Murdoch tabloids, or on its prestige title, the Australian.

The news.com.au web site is running the story, but you have to read through to the second paragraph of the main story to realise that News is involved. Here is the news.com.au headline and story opening:

Paper paid ‘$2m to gag hacking victims’

From correspondents in London

Agence France-Presse

July 09, 2009 09:23am

Hacked … a newspaper group reportedly hired private investigators to access Elle McPherson’s private data / AP

* Papers pay alleged phone-hack victims
* Elle McPherson, football boss paid out
* Guardian: Read original report here

A BRITISH newspaper group has secretly paid £1 million ($2.04 million) to settle cases involving allegations its journalists were involved in illegal phone tapping, a report says.

News Group newspapers allegedly paid the money in out-of-court settlements …