Fairfax exec Ricky Sutton ‘faces voicemail hacking questions’
Fairfax Media’s head of video Ricky Sutton – a former news editor of British tabloid News of the World – may face questions from UK police over the newspaper’s voicemail hacking scandal, it is this afternoon being reported.
However, there is no suggestion that Sutton was personally involved or indeed had knowledge of any illegal activities.
According to Sutton’s LinkedIn profile, he worked at the News of the World from April 1997 to April 2004, culminating in a stint as news editor. His successor in the role was arrested over the case earlier this year.
It has been known for several months that the News of the World – owned by News Corp – had used private detectives to access the voicemails of celebrities and those in the news.
Quite possibly the lowest point in British tabloid history. And god only knows, there’s been a lot of them.
Simon
http://www.TwoCentsGroup.com.au
and who’s shocked it came out of the Murdoch stable?
The bigger crime is auto play video on the Fairfax websites …
Yes, autoplay completely compares to hacking into the phone of a dead girl and deleting messages, giving the family false hope she was still alive.
I know you were just trying to be funny but perhaps comedy is not your forte.
Spot the odd one out.
http://twitpic.com/5lxpqg
I would guess:
Hacking the phones of celebs leads to litigation.
Hacking the phones of dead soldiers and girls leads to … trouble.
One thing you can’t blame on Sutton is autoplay, that one was in the works before he started at Fairfax
Seriously a very low point in British journalism. I wrote about it here at our blog just this morning http://bit.ly/qHOlHE