Incredible.
News of the World will be shut down in three days.
You have got to wonder if this is an attempt to lance the boil before the public learns just how bad it was.
Over and over, NOTW has said this was not a big deal, only to revise their statements after their falsity became obvious to all.
So, now they go dark - and you have to hope that the police (other than the ones on the take) will seize their office computers and records to discover the full extent of their crimes.
And given the swelling believe that NOTW is anything but unique in its behavior, you have to wonder if there will be wider inquiries into the affairs of other newspapers. Now that they all know what they should be looking for.
Hats off to the Guardian. Way to beat on a story.
Late Edit: Reading the recaps of how this story developed, you just have to marvel at how it took this long to detonate. I mean it has everything: Celebrities, politicians, corrupt cops - even Hugh Grant secretly recording a journalist to out his misbehavior.
Makes the collusion on Fleet Street seem even more likely.
Wonder what else those folks are sitting on?
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