James Murdoch involved in News International email deletion, court told
Summary: This article explains that James Murdoch was personally involved in authorising the deletion of emails at News International in early 2010 when the phone-hacking scandal was taking off, it has been alleged in the high court. David Sherborne claimed on Monday there were documents, emails and meeting agendas that showed senior executives including Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks pursued an email deletion policy that removed “emails that could be unhelpful in future litigation in which News International could be a defendant”. Part of the evidence presented includes an email sent in August 2010 by Andrew Hickey, who was the CIO of News International, to Jon Chapman, an in-house lawyer at the company, which references both Brooks and Murdoch, saying Murdoch wanted to “draw a line” under the organisation’s time in its Wapping HQ prior to 2010. Andrew Green QC, acting for News Group Newspapers, a News UK subsidiary, said it had previously provided a “non-admission” concerning the email deletion programme, but would be prepared to set out the position again given the extent of the allegations, in particular their relation to the Sun.
[] High court hears claim made on behalf of 17 people suing publisher of the News of the World and Sun over alleged phone hacking.
[] Murdoch was executive chairman of News International between 2007 and 2012. He is now chairman of the UK broadcaster Sky.
[] Murdoch was executive chairman of News International between 2007 and 2012. He is now chairman of the UK broadcaster Sky.
My opinion: This article, supports pluralists views about news does question and expose the powerful. The phone hacking scandals have been reported in 2010, and the fact that 6 years later, there are some links/evidence to this scandal can show that things in the media industry doesn't go away that easily, and people can be always caught. Despite the fact, of how big the newspapers are, they will still receive their consequence for what they were involved in and the deletion of emails. Although seeing these scandals happen with a lot of empowered people in the industry can make them feel like these things are a "norm" to them and shows that they don't really worry about what bad decisions/things they are doing because being powerful would save them from everything, but when things come out, it should challenge and make them rethink that some part of the media and audience can be in more of power than they think.
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