I find it difficult to believe phone hacking is exclusive to the Murdoch empire. 

I have heard about this too velvet.. he was editor of the mirror when some phone hacking 'allegedly' went on...  He was arguing with someone on twitter the other day about this...  Watch this space eh?

Agree 100%.

Me too Smarting 

There was something in Private Eye this issue where a PR guy working for Eastenders got a friend to to leave a phone message about a fake EE storyline.  Within hours a reporter from a redtop tabloid (The ███) rang the the PR guy about this fake story ...allegedly.

Ditto SB....

Ooo-er!

you'd be crap at hacking Baz, you got SB and Syd mixed up  

Whoops...... not again Sorry SB *goes to edit*

too late Baz, we quoted it  

 So did I........ *goes to edit quote*

Been a right old row going on today on twitter. Guido Fawkes accusing Morgan of being involved of phone hacking relating to Paul McCartney and a voicemail he left on Heather Mills' phone. This is an interesting read:

http://order-order.com/2011/07...s-misery-voicemails/

^^^^^^^^  

oops edited to say I was laughing at Baz trying to edit her edits 

What about my apoolllllloooooggggiiiieeeeeeeeees?........

And Vanity Fair have told their own story

http://www.vanityfair.com/onli...med-so-far-away.html

But at the end of the article did say this (to no doubt cover their arses):

P.S. It has occurred to me, as it has occurred to others, that said voicemail may have been obtained other ways than by phone hacking--that perhaps Heather Mills herself may have passed it along for some reason of her own, who knows? British celebrities are not like our own and the tabloid culture over there has bred many mutant strains of behavior.

Never noticed

Been too busy in one of my own...

Oh sorry, I appear to be interrupting! As you were!

I know Chris is so not safe

Ooooooh I forgot how I was....**goes and tries to remember**

Hahahahahahaha. Vanity Fair sure have that right

 Sorreeeee Syd *checks I have it right this time*

So,kay Baz....

You lot are mad I do like having a read over here if I need a giggle

Bit odd that Guido's only noticed that story now: Private Eye's been going on about it for ages, and of course it was Moron who brought it up in the first place - five years ago...

It's rather like Brooks's comment about paying the police: everyone seemed to just carry on as if she had never said it, because they were too scared to rock the boat. It was only when the story became so huge it was unavoidable that they all turned around and said, "Well of course, she did say..." 

Oh it's not - no question.

Following the trial of Mulcaire and Goodman back in 2006, the Information Commissioner published a report that detailed the transactions made by newspapers for illegally-obtained private information. The NOTW only came 5th on the list; The Daily Mail was top (952 reported transactions), with its Sunday version also in the top 4...

Not The Mail too!     

I'm f*cked  

http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/media/documents/library/Corporate/Research_and_reports/WHAT_PRICE_PRIVACY.pdf

No you're not, we all know the mail is carp.

piers morgan is a knob.......