Surveillance, privacy and the Daily Fail

[stockhausen]

A former minister, 66, sits down alongside the aide, 37, who used to work for him in Whitehall. They chat about this and that, as old friends do. He shoots the breeze about his current job, saying a few things that may or may not be true, but certainly sound impressive. At which point the aide, a lady called Melissa, switches off her secret tape recorder, finds herself an agent and hawks the tape from newspaper to newspaper.
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There's a new government in Whitehall now, one besieged with editors' pleas for libel reform, clearer safeguards against "judge-made" privacy law and continuing self-regulation through the Press Complaints Commission (PCC). The leader of this campaign, in many indefatigable respects, is Paul Dacre, editor-in-chief of the two Mails, weekly and Sunday. Peter Wright, the editor of the Mail on Sunday, is Associated Newspapers' current PCC member. (The Grauniad)

The Daily Fail has no more credibility in terms of surveillance and privacy than it does as an authority on the causes of cancer

 

[Cosimo]

Thanks for your "Daily Fail" is it also a cause for ........

 

[Dj_Jestar]

I'm struggling to see the point in this thread.

lolstockhausen.

 

[a1ex2001]

when did this forum develop this RSS functionality it's brilliant and I would like to incorperate it into mine.

 

[britboy4321]

This thread causes cancel. It's official. A daily mail 'scientist' said so*

*scientist: unemployed hippie that once stood protesting outside a science lab protesting about something he didn't understand.

 

[Von Smallhausen]

I'm struggling to see the point in this thread.