Is Rod Liddle’s column in today’s Sun the most disgusting attack on disabled people yet? Here are some choice quotes: “My New Year’s resolution for 2012 was to become disabled. Nothing too serious, maybe just a bit of a bad back or one of those newly invented illnesses which make you a bit peaky for decades [...]
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A survey for Press Gazette shows the extent of reputational damage to other News International papers, with up to 15% of the public less likely to buy Murdoch titles because of hacking at the News of the World. The poll also suggests implications for the print media at large, with 21% of respondents saying they were [...]
Rumours are swirling that Rupert Murdoch’s replacement for the News of the World will be edited by current Sun showbiz editor Victoria Newton and launch as soon as August 7 — with the first edition free. Eschewing the tongue-twisting “Sun on Sunday” title for pithy wordplay, however, Scrapbook has heard whispers that Britain’s newest red [...]
The Guardian are reporting that Gordon Brown and his family were the subject of a News International hacking and blagging operation which targeted bank accounts, legal files and his son’s medical records. Revelations that The Sun obtained access to Fraser Brown’s confidential health files — while he was still an infant — may lead to [...]
As two tabloid newspapers go on trial today for contempt of court, we revisit some of the smear and innuendo levelled at the Bristol schoolteacher Chris Jefferies before he was released from bail without charge, police announcing that he was no longer a suspect in the Jo Yeates murder case. Another man, Vincent Tabak, is currently [...]
With new phone hacking allegations against the News of the World filed with the High Court this week, the Financial Times’ leader column today claims “there remains a need for a deeper inquiry” into the activities of the newspaper under the leadership of Andy Coulson. With Scotland Yard announcing that the investigation remains closed, the influential paper questions [...]
“Meanwhile, it also emerged that the luvvie pen-pushers at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport blew an eye-watering £70,440 on first-class travel in the past two years alone”, wailed The Sun in a recent piece on its so-called “war on waste”. Please allow Scrapbook to provide some context! Amount the Department of Culture, Media and [...]
