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Why should anyone give Rupert Murdoch and his media outlets any crediibilty?

The Murdoch press is again shown up for for it is.......an organisation which is not be trusted to disseminate news on any sort of objective level, let alone abide by the rules of law. Why any politician should want to meet with the old Sun King is any one's guess - fear of having the Murdoch press turn on that politician? or not support him or her? And it is interesting to observe that Murdoch has not personally issued any personal apology for his newspapers' phone-tapping escapades.

Now The Guardian reveals more News Limited unlawful behaviour.

"Pressure is building on the Metropolitan police to expand their phone-hacking inquiry to include a notorious private investigator who was accused in the House of Commons on Wednesday of targeting politicians, members of the royal family and high-level terrorist informers on behalf of Rupert Murdoch's News International.

Guardian inquiries reveal that the former prime minister Tony Blair is among the suspected victims of Jonathan Rees, who was involved in the theft of confidential data, the hacking of computers and, it is alleged, burglary. According to close associates of Rees, he also targeted:

• Jack Straw when he was home secretary, Peter Mandelson when he was trade secretary and Blair's media adviser Alastair Campbell;

• Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex, and the Duke and Duchess of Kent, all of whom are said to have had their bank accounts penetrated, and Kate Middleton when she was Prince William's girlfriend;

• The former commissioner of the Metropolitan police, Sir John Stevens, and the current assistant commissioner, John Yates, who later supervised the failed phone-hacking inquiry for 19 months;

• The governor and deputy governor of the Bank of England, whose mortgage account details were obtained and sold."

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