World News - Media conglomerates, Rupert Murdoch, advertising full-page apology in a number of British media. According to the ad, the Murdoch through the News of the World has been making a serious mistake. "We apologize for the serious mistakes that happen," reads the ad.
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According to AP and AFP on Saturday (07/16/2011), writing in the ad was also expressed regret for not acting quickly handle the case of telephone intercepts made News of the World. "I noticed the apology was not enough. Our business is set up in an idea of freedom and openness of the press, should be a positive force in society," the statement said.
"In recent days, when we perform concrete actions to resolve the problem and repair the damage we are doing, you will hear back from us," said the article signed by Rupert Murdoch.
Police
Former chief editor of the News of the World Andy Coulson who had become director of communications for the office of Prime Minister David Cameron in March this year has been arrested by police as part of a wiretap investigation. He had previously resigned as the office of PM.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott asked the London police chief Sir Paul Stephenson resigned. Sir Paul is under pressure after news surfaced that said he hired a former deputy editor of News of the World Neil Wallis as a public relations consultant. Wallis has also been arrested in phone tapping case.
Further, the FBI will investigate reports that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation also victims of phone-tapping attacks of 11 September 2001.
On the other hand, actor Jude Law is now demanding the newspaper The Sun on charges of phone tapping. However, a spokesman for News International said the charges are cynical and deliberate attempt to drag the Sun to the issue of phone tapping.
UK Parliament will ask Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks in a special session in the case of telephone tapping. As a result of phone tapping scandal, a number of editors and the people closest to Rupert Murdoch has resigned from office.
Executive Director of News International, Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate, Rebekah Brooks, resigned amid a phone tapping scandal. In a statement he said he felt very responsible to the people we hurt her feelings. He served the chief editor of the News of the World when the phone tapping of a murder victim Milly Dowler.
Les Hinton, one of the top executives who have worked for more than half a century with Rupert Murdoch, also resigned. In his statement he claimed not to know for what happened, but feel worthy to stand down.
Brooks with Rupert and James Murdoch is scheduled to meet members of parliament to be asked about this wiretapping scandal.
This wiretapping case surfaced after the family Milly Dowler, a daughter who was murdered, but his phone was tapped by the News of the World so that could be considered alive by his family, was revealed.
Weekly is also expected to tap phones belonging to the victims of bomb attacks in London, in July 2005. Next note that included in the tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch's media empire is often carried out the surveillance of a number of figures for reporting purposes.
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