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(HERALD) UK Journalists nabbed for corruption

COMMENT - My educated guess is that if they start looking into the BBC's reporting on Zimbabwe, especially the original reason they as an organisation were thrown out of the country, they will uncover a lot of illegal and unprofessional conduct, including money having been paid to individuals like Grant Ferret and the likes.

UK Journalists nabbed for corruption
Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:00

Picture editor John Edwards, chief reporter John Kay, chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker, reporter John Sturgis and associate editor Geoff Webster were arrested, the BBC understands. The arrests in the early hours of yesterday are part of the Operation Elveden probe into payments to police. News Corporation confirmed only that five employees of The Sun were arrested.

Five men aged between 45 and 68 were arrested in London, Kent and Essex on suspicion of corruption, aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office, and conspiracy in relation to both offences.

A 39-year-old Surrey Police officer, a 39-year-old Ministry of Defence employee and a 36-year-old member of the armed forces were also arrested at their homes on suspicion of corruption, misconduct in a public office and conspiracy in relation to both.

Those arrested are being questioned at police stations in London, Kent, Essex and Wiltshire, police said.

News Corp said its Management and Standards Committee (MSC) had provided information to the Elveden inquiry which led to the arrests.
The company said in a statement: "News Corporation remains committed to ensuring that unacceptable news-gathering practices by individuals in the past will not be repeated and last summer authorised the MSC to co-operate with the relevant authorities.

"The MSC will continue to ensure that all appropriate steps are taken to protect legitimate journalistic privilege and sources, private or personal information and legal privilege.

"News Corporation maintains its total support to the ongoing work of the MSC and is committed to making certain that legitimate journalism is vigorously pursued in both the public interest and in full compliance with the law."

A Ministry of Defence spokeswoman said: "We do not comment on ongoing investigations."

News Corporation is the parent company of News International which owns The Sun and The Times.

Operation Elveden is running alongside the Metropolitan Police's Operation Weeting inquiry into phone hacking at the now-closed News of the World.

- BBC.

Labels: BBC, CORRUPTION, INTERNATIONAL MEDIA, PROPAGANDA

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