How Sez Sees It

Today we learn another sickening side of what News Intl is capable of.  Yesterday we learned that The Times had got hold of Gordon Brown's bank details, etc. and today we learn The Sun got hold of his baby son's medical details.  The worst part of that is that Brooks warned the Brown's that The Sun had this information and when the Browns tried to put out a pre-emptive statement Brooks was not happy. Honestly, who would want to search through the records of a new born child?  It doesn't matter who the parents are, you simply do not go down that route!  The other thing that got to me are the accusations of a former journalist for NOTW.  This journalist claims that on 11/09/2001 Brooks said she wanted said journalist to dress up as Harry Potter for a press conference.  After the attacks on the World Trade Centre began, said journalist called the offices and asked if the Harry Potter thing was still going ahead in light of the horrific events unfolding....

This week we found out just what News of the World have been up to.  Ironically the paper that used to pride itself in reporting scandal has become embroiled in scandal of its own.  Sadly it is some of the most disturbing stories that I have ever heard. Firstly it was the tapping of the phones belonging to Milly Dowler's family, then the families of the Soham girls and then the families of service personnel killed in action.  It just got more and more sickening as the revelations came out.  According to Rebekah Brooks and NOTW staff there is worse to come.  I dread to think that there may be worse and cannot begin to imagine what that may be.  In fact I am not sure I want to know. Brooks claims that she was unaware of the phone hacking taking place under her watch as editor of NOTW.  If anyone believes that then there are serious problems.  How this woman has been allowed to keep her position at News International is beyond me, it is not enoug...