as a long-time Guardian reader to feel just a hint of Schadenfreude?

[Batteryhuman]

That's it really. And to hope that the rest of Murdoch's grubby empire gets the same treatment. The MPs don't appear to be cared of Rupert any more.

[TartyMcFarty]

YANBU. Those employees will have to find work with a paper with ethics.

[catgirl1976]

No I don't think chub

"Conde Naste?s Portfolio Magazine has compiled a list of billionaires ranked by their charitable donations. The Generosity Index itemizes fifty of the wealthiest individuals as donors, relative to their wealth.

Coming in fiftieth is the miserly media mogul, Rupert Murdoch. It shouldn?t surprise anyone that an uber-conservative, Republican monopolist, should finish last in expressions of charity. The Republican me-first ideology that values greedy self-centrism predictably drives people like Murdoch to the bottom of these lists."

[meditrina]

I do feel sorry for the current NotW staff - there's been a new team, and they're not implicated in the appalling conduct before.

I really hope all those who were nothing to do with it secure good alternative posts promptly.

I think any non-NI outlet or customer could share in OP's sentiment (if they go in for that kind of sentiment).

[LineRunner]

"Murdoch himself is a great man."

Excuse me while I piss myself laughing.

[catgirl1976]

Chub please tell me that post was sarcastic?

[BornSicky]

chubasaurus Murdoch puts out hateful media every single day on three continents. His media outlets have been subject to major crime over the last few decades, all of which he has been involved in directly or indirectly (by virtue of the fact that they are his companies).

His UK papers are sexist, racist and vile in the extreme and he encourages more and more of the same.

There are many, many people who employ numerous employees and who don't just fire 200 of them to cover their backs and save a disreputable and equally revolting Chief Executive (Rebekah Brooks).

Two of his employees have recently served prison terms and now a whole lot more of them will do so too.

As for schadenfraude and the Guardian... me too. I love honest journalism and good reporting, slime free.

[wfrances]

hes changed the name to the sun on sunday/or the sunday sun so i heard

[Batteryhuman]

Wow those are harsh words from the Telegraph, Moondog. And for the Telegraph to say

"The Guardian newspaper, which has performed such a wonderful service to public decency......" is astonishing. What a difference 48 hours makes.

[wfrances]

that reminds me of rogue traders,shutting down then trading under a different name,says it all really

[moondog]

Battery, Telegraph hasn't much time for Cameron-never has.

And they are right=the Guardian has pulled a blinder.

[catgirl1976]

Astonished (but delighted) to see the Torygraph slate Cameron and praise the Guardian.........

[LineRunner]

So Brooks is covering for Murdoch who's covering for Brooks who's covering for Cameron who's shitting himself and is now fatally impaired as Prime Minister.

Nice.

Berlusconi cocktails, anyone?

[chubsasaurus]

Cameron will not get in trouble and neither should he.

The only thing as abhorrent as the phone hacking is the way the left are foaming at the mouths at a chance to attack Cameron and Murdoch. Noone can deny this is being used as a tool and that really is fairly disgusting.

[catgirl1976]

A tool? You most certainly are.

[sfxmum]

made me chuckle

[LineRunner]

I think you'll find that Cameron's in it up to his neck already, dearest chub.

And Clegg's emailed every Lib Dem party member in the country asking for views.

[BornSicky]

rightly so, are Cameron and Murdoch being attacked.

The Prime Minister of Great Britain should not be friends or socialise with someone as nefarious as Rebekah Brooks, or take donations from someone as disreputable as Rupert Murdoch, or employ someone who is about to be arrested as part of a major criminal investigation as in Andy Coulson.

Rupert Murdoch is a hate spinner, (see above).

[meditrina]

Telegraph is actually rather good at the moment.

Whole page today about why DC's friendship with RB et al is going to backfire more than he realises unless he does something clear and decisive asap.

[moondog]

I disagree Chub.Employing Coulson has been dodgy from the start.As Oborne points out in my link

'The Prime Minister cannot claim in defence that he was naively drawn in to this lethal circle. He was warned ? many times. Shortly before the last election he was explicitly told about the company he was keeping. Alan Rusbridger ? editor of The Guardian newspaper, which has performed such a wonderful service to public decency by bringing to light the shattering depravity of Mr Murdoch?s newspaper empire ? went to meet one of Mr Cameron?s closest advisers shortly before the last election. He briefed this adviser very carefully about Mr Coulson, telling him many troubling pieces of information that could not then be put into the public domain.

Mr Rusbridger then went to see Nick Clegg, now the deputy prime minister. So Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg ? the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister ? knew all about Mr Coulson before last May?s coalition negotiations. And yet they both paid no attention and went on to make him the Downing Street director of communications, an indiscretion that beggars belief.'

[meditrina]

LineRunner: my last x-ed with your posts - did you write that Telegraph article?

[Stillchuckingit]

It's not necessarily about protecting Cameron. More likely a cynical attempt to protect Murdoch's £9billion takeover of BSkyB.

[heleninahandcart]

YANBU I'm positively smug

[LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726]

I don't think any of the papers have anything to be 'proud of' nowadays.

[mrsbiscuits]

YANBU but I fear none of the papers will come out squeaky clean from this.

[moondog]

Telegraph can claim some high moral ground as althoguh they despise Labour, that also despise Cameron.
They did a fantastic job with the MPs expenses and came down just as hard on the Tories as the Lefties.