For the Boss, profits mattered to the exclusion of everything else
Topic: News of the World
However undesirable the News of the World may have become, we still owe Murdoch a debt of gratitude for Wapping
Posted on Monday, 18 July 2011
It’s time to get some sense of balance into this frenzied debate
Vatican newspaper intervenes in News International hacking row
Posted on Monday, 11 July 2011
Fr Tamayo, a Spanish media expert, says scandal indicates the urgent need for ethics in the media
Taking away Rupert Murdoch’s papal knighthood would be unpleasantly self-righteous. We’re supposed not to avoid sinners
Posted on Monday, 11 July 2011
And the death of the News of The World, for all its remaining faults, is nothing to crow about
The News of the World debased the national conversation. It should not be missed by anyone
Posted on Monday, 11 July 2011
Its gossip stories invaded people’s privacy and were never justified by the public interest
Debate: Should Rupert Murdoch’s papal knighthood be rescinded?
Posted on Friday, 8 July 2011
Or does his financial support of the Church make him a worthy Knight of St Gregory?
The Pope has routed his enemies and brought joy to the faithful
Posted on Monday, 20 September 2010
The last four days began in anxiety, but ended in euphoria







Only journalists can clean up the tabloid gutter
A 168-year-old newspaper has sunk into the filth. The truth, I suspect, may never emerge fully