From the mag: Cloud over the Sun

Published by NewsNow Online on Feb 18th, 2012 6:37 AM, No Comments

A worsening scandal over masscirculation newspapers’ reporting tactics saw journalists, a police officer, a defence ministry official and a serving soldier in the UK held on suspicion of corruption.

Journalists of The Sun were suspected of having bribed the government officials for information.

The arrests followed the closure of the News of the World newspaper and government-appointed hearings into phone-hacking by journalists employed by NewsCorp, The Wall Street Journal (a News Corp publication) reported.

The latest arrests bring to nine the number of implicated serving and former staffers at The Sun. The newspaper, Britain’s top-selling daily, is owned by Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch.