Although this term I'm not studying Media Law, it's always nice to keep metaphorically fit when it comes to the law for journalists and as I had already covered some aspects of the 'Phone Hacking Scandal' as it often written; this story particularly caught my eye.
Link here ---> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/25/phone-hacking-case-mulcaire-coogan
Essentially, Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator on whom this case currently centers is being asked to reveal the names of the executives who commissioned him to hack celebrities' phones. Actor and comedian Steve Coogan is suing the private investigator and News Group, (a subsidiary company to News International) and so the case has moved on with judges ruling Mulcaire cannot refuse to answer on the grounds of self-incrimination.
This is big news in the journalism world as it has huge implications on our code of conduct (which does by the way ask very nicely that we don't engage in subterfuge unless the story can't be attained in any other way).
Until Next Time. Stay Classy Internet.
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