{"id":641,"date":"2011-07-08T10:19:43","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T10:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=641"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:05","slug":"used-cell-phone-scandal-destroys-tabloid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/used-cell-phone-scandal-destroys-tabloid\/","title":{"rendered":"Used Cell Phone Scandal Destroys Tabloid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/cell-phone.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-642\" title=\"cell phone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/cell-phone.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-642 lazyload\" title=\"cell phone\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/cell-phone.gif\"><\/a>The scandal over the hacking of used cell phones belonging to murder victims has brought about the end of the notorious and long running United Kingdom tabloid newspaper The News of the World.&nbsp; More than 200 employees will lose their jobs when the tabloid publishes what will be its final issue this coming Sunday, in a move that has stunned the newspaper industry in the UK.<br>\n\u201cWrongdoers turned a good newsroom bad,\u201d claims James Murdoch, the son of media magnate Rupert Murdoch, when announcing the surprise decision, \u201cand this was not fully understood or adequately pursued.\u201d<br>\nThe newspaper has been running for 186 years but the scandal over the hacking of used cell phones belonging to murder victims and their families was only compounded by the revelation that the paper had also been hacking the phones of deceased soldiers, leading to widespread condemnation from public, politicians and the army alike.&nbsp; \u201cIf these actions are verified, then I am appalled,\u201d notes the head of the British armed forces, General David Richards.<br>\nWith advertisers abandoning the paper in droves, British Prime Minister David Cameron announcing an investigation into the scandal and police investigations also well underway, and with arrests expected in the next few days, the paper\u2019s luck after years of sleazy journalism and unethical tactics appears to have finally run out, although whether there will be any further ramifications for Murdoch\u2019s media empire as a whole remains to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scandal over the hacking of used cell phones belonging to murder victims has brought about the end of the notorious and long 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