Rupe's Oz newspapers may be free fall soon.
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John Hartigan Murdoch's Oz boss has announced in a most sanctimonious mood that he will investigate whether 'hacking' had gone on in Oz.
It's highly unlikely as Murdoch owns about 70% of newspapers..no need to.
But there is a brewing (ever so small...like a lit match tossed into the bush that ends up as a firestorm
)..no need to bribe Oz coppers as they are only too willing to handover sensetive material in defiance of strict privacy laws. I can think of at least 2 cases that will start of small and build and build..
1. Is the case of the police handing over to the media up to 500 names of 'suspects' in a case in 2005..suspects who were never charged and only really became suspects by chance. They were innocent and the cops did their job properly and cleared them..but not before releasing all their names to the media.
More on that later.
2. In 2008 there were a series of high profile 'terrorist' raids in Melbourne with dozens of houses raided and scores of Middle east men arrested..most quietly released ..a handful charged.
The first edition of Murdoch's
The Australian newspaper hit the streets at 3am reporting the raids mentioning suburbs and streets and so on. What a scoop !.
The raids actually happened at 5.30 am...over 2 hours
after the newspaper reported details !