The Scum

[Harry Palmer]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/16/murdoch-visit-sun-staff-wapping-friday

 

 

Rupert Murdoch is expected to visit his Wapping headquarters in east London on Friday morning facing probably the most serious revolt by News International journalists in his 40-plus years as a newspaper proprietor in the UK.

 

Many journalists on Murdoch's three News International titles ? the Sun, Times and Sunday Times ? have been shocked and angered by the activities of US parent company News Corporation's management and standards committee (MSC), which passed information to the Metropolitan police that has led to the arrest and bailing of nine current and former Sun staff in the past three weeks in relation to alleged illegal payments to police and other public servants.

 

Wapping insiders say they fear there will be further arrests as the MSC trawls through 300m internal emails going back 10 years. "People are as angry as hell," said one source.

 

"The management has done nothing to protect us from this appalling invasion of our work," another source told Reuters. "Nobody has said, 'You can't do this to journalists.' A lot of people are angry."

 

"Every media organization has a duty to assist the police in uncovering serious crime. But it also has a fundamental duty to protect the sources that have been cultivated by its journalists under a promise of anonymity," human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson told the news agency.

 

Murdoch, who arrived at his Mayfair home on Thursday night after flying into Luton airport in a private jet, will be seeking to calm the febrile atmosphere. He is scheduled to make a visit to the Sun newsroom in the early afternoon and will reassure staff that he remains committed to the paper, despite the arrests. The News International Staff Association (Nisa) is also expecting to hold private talks with him.

 

Some Wapping insiders have speculated that Murdoch could surprise everyone with the announcement of a launch date for a new Sunday tabloid to replace the defunct News of the World.

 

News International has been preparing to launch a Sun on Sunday ever since the News of the World was abruptly closed last July. Murdoch is understood to have been shown dummies of the new paper on his last visit to London in January.

 

"This would be vintage Murdoch if he did something like announce the Sun on Sunday," said one insider. "He has to do something to boost morale, and this would show his commitment to the paper and give staff fresh impetus."

 

Nisa met with News International management on Tuesday and is said to have made its anger clear over the MSC's activities. Nick Jones, the chairman of Nisa, said that morale in the Sun newsroom, and on its sister titles, had never been lower. "Everyone is looking over their shoulder ? The joke is if you get past 7am this Saturday we have jobs for another week," he said, in reference to the dawn police raids on Sun journalists' homes to make arrests last Saturday.

 

 

A Scum on Sunday eh.....just close it ya goon. And make this week stupendous.

 

[desmondo]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/16/murdoch-visit-sun-staff-wapping-friday

 

 

Rupert Murdoch is expected to visit his Wapping headquarters in east London on Friday morning facing probably the most serious revolt by News International journalists in his 40-plus years as a newspaper proprietor in the UK.

 

Many journalists on Murdoch's three News International titles ? the Sun, Times and Sunday Times ? have been shocked and angered by the activities of US parent company News Corporation's management and standards committee (MSC), which passed information to the Metropolitan police that has led to the arrest and bailing of nine current and former Sun staff in the past three weeks in relation to alleged illegal payments to police and other public servants.

 

Wapping insiders say they fear there will be further arrests as the MSC trawls through 300m internal emails going back 10 years. "People are as angry as hell," said one source.

 

"The management has done nothing to protect us from this appalling invasion of our work," another source told Reuters. "Nobody has said, 'You can't do this to journalists.' A lot of people are angry."

 

"Every media organization has a duty to assist the police in uncovering serious crime. But it also has a fundamental duty to protect the sources that have been cultivated by its journalists under a promise of anonymity," human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson told the news agency.

 

Murdoch, who arrived at his Mayfair home on Thursday night after flying into Luton airport in a private jet, will be seeking to calm the febrile atmosphere. He is scheduled to make a visit to the Sun newsroom in the early afternoon and will reassure staff that he remains committed to the paper, despite the arrests. The News International Staff Association (Nisa) is also expecting to hold private talks with him.

 

Some Wapping insiders have speculated that Murdoch could surprise everyone with the announcement of a launch date for a new Sunday tabloid to replace the defunct News of the World.

 

News International has been preparing to launch a Sun on Sunday ever since the News of the World was abruptly closed last July. Murdoch is understood to have been shown dummies of the new paper on his last visit to London in January.

 

"This would be vintage Murdoch if he did something like announce the Sun on Sunday," said one insider. "He has to do something to boost morale, and this would show his commitment to the paper and give staff fresh impetus."

 

Nisa met with News International management on Tuesday and is said to have made its anger clear over the MSC's activities. Nick Jones, the chairman of Nisa, said that morale in the Sun newsroom, and on its sister titles, had never been lower. "Everyone is looking over their shoulder ? The joke is if you get past 7am this Saturday we have jobs for another week," he said, in reference to the dawn police raids on Sun journalists' homes to make arrests last Saturday.

 

 

A Scum on Sunday eh.....just close it ya goon. And make this week stupendous.

 

 

 

Reap what you sow springs to mind, GIRUT