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This is a link post Rupert Murdoch's statement about hacking
Recent allegations of phone hacking and making payments to police with respect to the News of the World are deplorable and unacceptable.

Of course, if you parse that sentence, it simply says that the allegations are deplorable and unacceptable. It says nothing about any hacking.

I have made clear that our company must fully and proactively cooperate with the police in all investigations and that is exactly what News International has been doing and will continue to do under Rebekah Brooks’ leadership.

Probably the least that could be said. And, of course, pretty much what the law requires anyway. Conforming with legal requirements isn't really all that big a deal.

We are committed to addressing these issues fully and have taken a number of important steps to prevent them from happening again.

What issues? Hacking, the reporting of hacking, or what? It's no good saying that you'll address issues while leaving it so unclear what those issues are.


Curious stuff.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:04, Reply)
This is a normal post Apologies if this is GC
I clicked to post before I checked. Ooops.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Interesting....
of course they will fully co-operate with the police... who they paid.

And of course Rebekah Wade/Brooks should lead the investigation into finding the editor responsible.

And Murdoch would never consider anything like bribing the government either.

All seems above board to me :D
 (I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:17, Reply)
This is a normal post It is your belief that the statement is deliberately ambiguous?
Or just that it could be interpreted that way?
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Well, it'd be much easier to have written a less ambiguous statement.
So this wording would seem to have been deliberately chosen to hedge as much as possible.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 10:17, Reply)
This is a normal post Rebacca Brooks did a VERY similar thing
with her statement/email sent out to News International staff i.e: Be disgusted and outraged at the hacking allegations.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 9:48, Reply)