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Last edition of News of the World. July, 2011.

The hundreds of employees at the News of The World who finished the last edition of the paper on Saturday, had very little protection from what happened, with trade unions effectively banned at Wapping.

The closure announcement on Thursday was a cynical ploy to save News International's bid for BSKYB and also laid the ground for turning the Sun into a seven-day operation. This was a cynical business decision, rather than a concern for the disgraceful journalist practices that were uncovered.

Sadly, the sacking of hundreds of employees who had nothing to do with the hacking scandal, was presumably considered a price worth paying, by corporate executives who made the decision.

Hopefully those cynical executives will one day pay a price for their shoddy treatment of hundreds of hard working professionals.
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Widnes born editor of NOTW Colin Myler - with staff after last edition. (09/07/11)

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Ethics at root of mess in the UK's Press. July, 2011.

Hopefully one of the lines of inquiry into the operations of Britain's media will include the consequences of the derecognition of trades unions at News International owned newspapers and such consequences elsewhere.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) remains locked out of News International due to a ridiculous loophole in the law on union recognition.
The NUJ have long had a code of practice that rules out the sort of behaviour evidenced in the News Of The World.

While claims for applications for recognition can only be made by independent trade unions, they are blocked from doing so if there is pre-existing recognition of a non-independent "trade union". In the case of News International, that so-called trade union is the News International Staff Association (Nisa), which the Certification Office denied recognition as an independent trade union in 2001.

Nisa remains what one NUJ general secretary has called "a company union, set up largely to keep independent unions out". If the NUJ had been present in the newsroom of the News of The World it is argueable whether some of the disgraceful practices in jounalism would have ever taken place.

200 news staff sacked in clean up stunt with closure of News of the World.

Is Cameron facing a Watergate moment ?

Cameron continues to Kowtow to Murdoch. July, 2011.

Tory Prime Minister David Cameron threatens to highlight his poor judgement again, if he doesn't take a more independent view on the proposed BSkyB takeover. He has yet to make clear what his relationship is with Murdoch.

The toadying of politicians of all major political parties to the Murdoch-run news empire has broken down with the scandal of phone hacking and alleged police corruption with news gathering at the News of the World.

It remains to be seen if the Tory-run government will rethink their approach to the proposed bid for BSkyB. Will Cameron cut loose the Murdoch influence or hope the delayed decision-making and some sound-bite gestures suffice ?

Public concerns remain with the influence Murdoch seems to have over government in the UK, not just the phone hacking of the News of the World.

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