The Guardian continues to turn the screws today on 10 Downing Street and News International, following yesterday’s select committee interviewing of Rupert and James Murdoch, and former editor Rebekah Brooks.
Rightly so. There remain many serious and unanswered questions about the matter, and the dogged pursuit of the story by Nick Davies and his team continues to make waves around the world.
But while the news team at Kings Place does sterling work, there seems to be an uncomfortable shuffling and silence around the company’s own connection to the Operation Motorman inquiry into blagging and the use of private investigators to obtain information not in the public domain.
Indeed, the Observer continues to fail to answer questions put to them by m’learned friend on the Love and Garbage blog.
Alan Rusbridger was quick to point out yesterday the inaccuracy of Brooks in citing the Guardian as being on the 2006 What Price Privacy Now report listing the worst blagging offenders. However, he seems less keen to answer questions about the Observer’s presence on that same list – where it was listed as one of the top ten worst offenders in Fleet Street. Group the titles together by publisher, and it is the fourth worst.
So, in the same spirit as the Guardian’s list of questions that Downing Street must answer, here’s eight questions for Alan Rusbridger in his role as editor in chief of Guardian News and Media, and a member of the Scott Trust board:...read more
http://iainmhepburn.com/2011/07/20/questions-alan-rusbridger-must-answer-over-gnms-blagging-behaviour/#entry
