From the BBC Radio 4 news today and today’s Daily Telegraph comes word of the latest Guardian hypocrisy, that a senior Guardian journalist, Amelia Hill, has been questioned under caution* by the Metropolitan Police in London in connection with the telephone hacking scandal. According to the Daily Telegraph, she is thought to have published information based on leaks from an officer assigned to the inquiry into the News of the World’s voice mail hacking.
I cannot deny that Schadenfreude rules for me. It appears that the Guardian, so eager and quick to point the finger at the News of the World, may itself be implicated in the very sleaze it condemns. The biter seems to have been bitten.
But although the Guardian’s Teflon coating seems to be getting worn, note the following attempt to deflect from Dan Roberts, the paper’s national news editor, who tweeted that the developments were a “bleak day for journalism when (a) reporter behind vital hacking revelations is criminalised for doing her job”. What on earth could he have meant – that the “bleak day for journalism” was because another Guardian reporter has been implicated in underhanded, possibly illegal and certainly unethical behaviour?
*Interviews under caution are conducted when the police would like to speak to a person about an arrestable offence. Amelia Hill is likely to have received documentation along the following lines:
This site uses functional cookies and external scripts to improve your experience.
%d
Privacy settings
Privacy Settings
This site uses functional cookies and external scripts to improve your experience. Which cookies and scripts are used and how they impact your visit is specified on the left. You may change your settings at any time. Your choices will not impact your visit.
NOTE: These settings will only apply to the browser and device you are currently using.
The Biter Bitten? A Guardian Reporter’s Prayer
From the BBC Radio 4 news today and today’s Daily Telegraph comes word of the latest Guardian hypocrisy, that a senior Guardian journalist, Amelia Hill, has been questioned under caution* by the Metropolitan Police in London in connection with the telephone hacking scandal. According to the Daily Telegraph, she is thought to have published information based on leaks from an officer assigned to the inquiry into the News of the World’s voice mail hacking.
I cannot deny that Schadenfreude rules for me. It appears that the Guardian, so eager and quick to point the finger at the News of the World, may itself be implicated in the very sleaze it condemns. The biter seems to have been bitten.
But although the Guardian’s Teflon coating seems to be getting worn, note the following attempt to deflect from Dan Roberts, the paper’s national news editor, who tweeted that the developments were a “bleak day for journalism when (a) reporter behind vital hacking revelations is criminalised for doing her job”. What on earth could he have meant – that the “bleak day for journalism” was because another Guardian reporter has been implicated in underhanded, possibly illegal and certainly unethical behaviour?
*Interviews under caution are conducted when the police would like to speak to a person about an arrestable offence. Amelia Hill is likely to have received documentation along the following lines:
Related articles
Like this:
The Ultimate Betrayal
You may also like
Continuing Guardian narrative regarding undue influence of Jewish money on U.S. politics
Fascism, she cried! (Meet the Guardian’s Mya Guarnieri, secular Jewish messiah)
CiF essay by Matthew Cassel successfully elicits readers’ obsession with Israel