Posts Tagged ‘Brian Cathcart’

Courts and controversy

August 31st, 2011

Brian Cathcart The UK press may show more restraint in reporting of high-profile cases if contempt laws are vigorously enforced, says Brian Cathcart
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News of the World hacked Sarah Payne’s mother’s phone

July 28th, 2011

The Guardian has revealed that the News of the World hacked Sara Payne’s phone, which Rebekah Brooks had given her as a gift. Payne had previously been told, accurately, that her name did not appear in Glenn Mulcaire’s notes, but her personal details were found there on Tuesday. The News of the World used its final issue to congratulate itself for its campaign for Sarah’s law. Sara Payne herself wrote a column for the farewell edition, describing the News of the World reporters as her “good and trusted friends.” Tom Watson MP has decried this as “a whole new low”; and Sara Payne has said that she is “absolutely devastated and deeply disappointed.” Read Brian Cathcart’s writing on the phone hacking scandal here.  

Code breakers

June 30th, 2011

Brian CathcartJournalists are being tarnished by the activities of professional privacy invaders. It is time they were renamed and shamed, argues Brian Cathcart
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Phone hacking: The role of the phone companies

January 6th, 2011

Brian CathcartThe latest revelations in the phone-hacking scandal have prompted the suspension of a News of the World executive, but they also raise serious concerns about security — and possible corruption — at mobile phone companies, Brian Cathcart writes
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Phone hacking: Questions to answer

December 16th, 2010

Latest revelations on the News of the World’s phone-hacking scandal puts the police under the spotlight, says Brian Cathcart. The Met should be taken off the case and the investigation reopened
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A mistake we must forgive

January 26th, 2009

bbc The BBC is an institution we need to cherish, says Brian Cathcart, whatever its errors of judgment over the Gaza appeal
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