News of the World phone tapping scandal “gift that keeps on giving” for Rupert Murdoch

British tabloid newspaper News of the World has once again been thrust into the spotlight over a phone hacking scandal that seems to be linked with more high-profile targets by the week. Recent revelations relating to the 2002 murder of two schoolgirls, true or false, threaten to further strengthen the newspaper’s already vice-like grip on the national media

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From trotter to Twitter: A brief history of human (mis) communication

These days, we have access to the great pool of information known as the internet, which allows us to discover such life-changing information such as what Lily Allen had for her dinner. It was beans on toast, in case you’re wondering. It may surprise one to learn, however, that obtaining (admittedly questionable) worldly knowledge hasn’t always been as easy as pressing a few buttons.

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