Rupert Murdoch 'We Are Sorry' Letter: Do You Buy It?

by NowPublic Staff | July 15, 2011 at 08:21 am

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News International to Print Apology Over the Weekend

Rupert Murdoch signed off on an apology letter to be printed in all News International properties over the weekend as the phone hacking scandal grows. (We keep saying that because it keeps growing.)

You can see the letter below- let us know what you think. It's not realistic for Murdoch to claim any responsibility for the phone hacking and bribery scandals, but there's something disingenuous about it: it reads as "sorry we couldn't stop ourselves".

The Rupert Murdoch apology letter, making the rounds on Twitter, reads as follows:

"The News of the World was in the business of holding others to account.
It failed when it came to itself.

We are sorry for the serious wrongdoing that occurred.

We are deeply sorry for the hurt suffered by the individuals affected.

We regret not acting faster to sort things out.

I realise that simply apologising is not enough.

Our business was founded on the idea that a free and open press should be
a positive force in society. We need to live up to this.

In the coming days, as we take further concrete steps to resolve these issues
and make amends for the damage they have caused, you will hear more from us."

It's difficult to take the letter at face value, considering the years of coverup that News International (and possibly News Corp) invested in the phone hacking campaign. What it really comes down to is this: They're sorry they got caught.

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The UK Public only really became interested in this when it was suggested that non political, non celebrity people had phones hacked.

This is no Watergate and as far as I can see no one suffered any real damage or abuse. Who leaves important information on voicemail?

I do not in any way defend the way a small clique of journalists went about their business.

The really disturbing part of all this is the way politicians have jumped on a political bandwagon. The hypocritical cries from all the corrupt, greedy and immoral individuals that have been “ousted” by the News of the World over the years are sickening. Many UK Politicians and power brokers sold their souls to the News of the World and Rupert Murdoch and Co over many years.

There was no on oath enquiry with regards the UK Politicians who were found fiddling their expenses. Just a Whitewash. There was no real enquiry over going to war in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Iraq. Again Whitewash. We had no proper inquest over the alleged suicide of David Kelly weapons inspector who admitted there were no Iraq weapons of mass destruction. Another whitewash.

What we are seeing now is payback time by useless, corrupt politicians who see the opportunity to gag the freedom of the press. What is forgotten this story was uncovered by the Press!

The UK Government in league with the unelected commissioners of the Socialist Republic of Europe (EU) are trying to find ways of controlling a free press. (Press freedom in France is a joke)

A press free from all political interference is the right of all. We have/are at war to uphold democracy. A free press is fundamental to real freedom.

Newspapers the world over must not let the News of the World nonsense blind them to what is really happening in the UK.

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at 13:58 on July 15th, 2011

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