Murdoch Meltdown

[DanaC]

There was a really interesting Panorama investigation the other night. I managed to track it down on youtube, chopped up into chunks:p It includes interviews with the chap that was found dead the other day (Hoare). It's also quite a nice analysis of the role of Murdoch in British political culture.

P1
David Mellor who talks about the Thatcher government was one of her Cabinet ministers. He spoke out against Murdoch (iirc) and then the tabloid press outed him for an affair, with all sorts of gory details, and basically destroyed his ministerial career.

P2:
Prescott was the deputy Prime Minister during the Blair years. He's been suing NoTW for breach of privacy, as his phones were hacked.

P3:


P4: (Includes some of the Hoare interview)




P5: ('Clapham Common' is infamous as a gay pick up place)



P6: Final part :P




The small sgment that was removed from the documentary is also available on Youtube separately:

Rebecca Brooks telling Parliament in 2003 that the NoTW had paid police.