Sickening hypocrisy

I note today that The Sun has highlighted a dossier of issues where Labour has "got it wrong".

What The Sun fails to say though is that whilst all these policies were being introduced, The Sun was in total support and failed to raise an objection.

Sickening hypocrisy from The Sun.

Glorifying Teenage Pregnancy - Thanks to "The Sun"

Today's headlines in "The Sun" glorifying the 13 year old father of a child really does send out the wrong message.

The Sun has an "exclusive" on this story and the baby's teenage parents have, apparently, been behind closed doors with representatives of "The Sun" all day. Putting two and two together you would have to assume that "The Sun" are not providing this support out of the kindness of Rupert Murdoch's heart and they have paid the teenagers a handsome sum in return for the exclusivity of this story.

At a time when people bemoan the obsession teenagers have with fame and a lack of willingness amongst some youths to get qualified and get a job, is "The Sun" paying these children to report their law breaking really sending out the right message ?

There are supposed to be laws that prevent people from profiteering from breaking the law yet "The Sun" tries to offer these people money, fame and a shoulder to cry on.

What an example to set.

Nasty smell coming from The News of the World

The news today that the News of the World reporter Clive Goodman was behind the phone "hacking" that provided secret and personal information about the Royal Princes Is all rather disturbing. Glenn Mulcaire, not of the News of the World was also found guilty of similar charges relating to intercepts of other people's phone messages. The whole story is reported HERE.

I had the misfortune today to be not at all well today with some virus, so was at home under a blanket at lunchtime when I saw Max Clifford being interviewed on the BBC News. It appears too that he was targeted in the wake of his refusal to do any further business with the News of the World some 18 months ago.

When asked how much of this goes on in "Fleet Street", he replied words to the effect that "It was a lot more common than most editors would let on".

Now I don't know to what extent Mr Clifford is to be believed or not, but if it is the case that mobile phone messages are being hacked in to by British Newspapers on a regular basis, shouldn't the police be launching an investigation now ?

I personally think a jail sentence would send the right message to the rest of Fleet Street that this is unacceptable behaviour.