Newsflash

I saw a few minutes of loose women yesterday, and the topic was the topic all the newspapers and newscasts are fixated on. Journalism, for lack of a better word, has come into disrepute. Laws about hacking will probably be firmed up now, and new parameters defined about how far one can go to "get a story".
While all the finger pointing and blame is going on, (and i do not excuse any of the alleged crimes)make sure you point one bony finger right back at yourself. Someone buys these papers. It is a fact or they would go out of business, and we would have nothing to talk about.
In America, in the 70's Woodward and Bernstein brought a president and his government to its knees. At every point there was fear if the first amendment would stand when the truth was being told. Gerald Ford seemed to make a deal with the devil to gain office and pardon that same man. They had sources with names like "Deep Throat" and they searched and probed until the lies just could not be suppressed any longer and the White House was evacuated for the first time without an election or impeachment. I always wondered who was spared more by not putting Tricky Dick on trial. I think it would have demoralized Americans even more than him, and he was allowed to die in obscurity for the most part.
That is a far cry from the investigative journalism of The News Of the World. We seem like vultures creating an endless market for sensational information on every topic. They provided what we asked for and in the quantities required. Whatever their eventual fine or sentence is, we owe a bit toward the kitty ourselves. In my humble opinion.