Reply #29: They knew that News Corp lied, sensationalized and [View All]

misreported on a daily basis. Their own newspaper supports politicians and judicial nominees who are against a right of privacy for individuals. They want us to believe that systematic violations of privacy, not by the government, but by a private entity is where they would draw the line? It was okay for News Corp tabloids to make up all kinds of lies about famous people to sell headlines, but then, when it turns out that those lies were known to be true, but known only because of invasion of privacy, that is where they would draw the line?

The invasion of privacy acts may be criminal and for a country at large that might be a greater evil, but as a former journalist, lying to the public is a far bigger ethical lapse than printing private information about public figures, or even private figures. Journalists get illicit information all the time, they just don't usually get caught at it and they get fired when they do.