*From Inforrm The House of Commons Select Committee on Culture Media and Sport yesterday heard evidence from four former “News of the World” executives, Jon Chapman, Daniel Cloke, Colin Myler and Tom…

by Brian Cathcart What very different figures Tom Crone and Colin Myler present in September 2011, compared with the chippy, brisk, pushy individuals who confronted the Commons media select committee in July…

Former senior News International employees are due to give evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport committee which will be again looking into phone hacking tomorrow. Jonathan Chapman, former Director of Legal…

*From INFORRM On Sunday 28 August 2011 the “Sunday Times” reported that Operation Weeting police officers have warned Robert Thompson, one of the killers of James Bulger, this his telephone may have…

by Brian Cathcart It will probably surprise many people — I wish I could say it surprised me — to know that the Press Complaints Commission still thinks it has a future.…

*Piece published on Politics.co.uk It took a huge effort to get a public inquiry with the right terms and powers to the truth. It will take an even bigger effort to make…

This post is cross-posted from the INFORRM blog By Brian Cathcart The phone hacking scandal has claimed its latest and greatest victim to date: the “News of the World” itself.   It was…

By Brian Cathcart Actually, no. The News of the World, now closed after 168 years, didn’t die of shame. It has folded because its owners, News International, are desperate to protect themselves…

By Brian Cathcart – this post was first published on the Guardian’s Comment is Free on Wednesday 6th July Only a full inquiry with wide-ranging powers can uncover the truth behind the…

By Brian Cathcart – this post was first published at Index on Censorship on Monday 4th July If anyone still believed that the phone hacking scandal was “just” about celebrities, the allegation that…