In the US, conservatives have long manifested distrust of the Murdoch media, be it Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, or Fox News, due to the perceived shift in editorial stance, as well as mixed signals that at times support common sense policies, and at times betray it in the name of Globalist narratives.
But in the UK, the grievances are perhaps even more serious, as power celebrities and players denounce rogue investigative tactics such as illegal hacking of phones and even burglaries.
Hollywood Reporter reported:
“Hugh Grant has urged U.K. police to open a new criminal investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) in the wake of Prince Harry’s landmark settlement, saying the job is ‘not done by any means’.”
On Wednesday (22), Prince Harry settled out of court just as his trial against the publisher of The Sun tabloid was about to start.
He claimed his privacy had been violated ‘by alleged phone hacking and unlawful information gathering’ carried out by journalists and private investigators working for The Sun.
Besides the reported U$12M payment, NGN also offered the Duke a ‘full and unequivocal apology’.
“British star Grant – recently nominated for a lead actor BAFTA for his performance in Heretic – also settled a privacy claim against NGN last year, later explaining he may have faced a bill of up to £10 million ($12.4m) – even if he had won. He had accused The Sun of using private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house.”
But now the star is calling for further action to be taken, saying a civil case is ‘not the right instrument’ to get to the truth, as NGN is ‘gaming’ the civil courts to silence victims.
“’That’s what they’ve done consistently over the last 10 years’, the actor said. ‘They’ve spent £1bn to make sure these things are never looked at in court… and you don’t get proper judicial findings. I think what they’re terrified of is that those findings would trigger a new criminal inquiry’.”
Grant says a criminal investigation is required as people working at The Sun at the time of the alleged crimes were ‘still in great positions of power’.
“He added: ‘A lot of the foot soldiers for those newspapers have now come over to our side […] to say this is awful. We’ve been punished, we’ve been to prison, we’ve paid fines, we’ve lost our jobs. But the people who commanded all this, they’re still there’.”
He is now calling on Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Metropolitan Police to investigate it to the bottom.
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