The CEO of News International, Rebekah Brooks, is increasingly under pressure from the media and public as well as members of parliament to go but she is holding on valiantly.
As millions of incriminating email documents were systematically deleted detailing widespread corruption with mass payments to police officers in the Met, News of the World staff were scrambling to shred as much evidence as they possibly can before the rozzers arrive.
“The reason that Murdoch is holding on to Rebekah’s job is if she were to go, she might blab. That’s the only reason Rupert would dump a 187-year-old institution instead of her. She’s got the names that go all the way up to Murdoch and his weasel son. If she gets pushed under, then Murdoch could be in the dock, and there’s no way that will ever happen. Everyone knows that Murdoch has ties with corrupt police officers and the criminal underworld. It’s just that he is putting her in front as a human shield, although she’s not human, more like Medusa, if you ask me,” a Fleet Street contact revealed in the Guardian today.
The Mail is running headlines about the royal visit to North America and directly underneath are the recriminations to the Sun and News of the World. Remember that the investigations all started after the prince knee injury episode. This tells me that the royal trip was timed exactly so that the demise of the notw would coincide with the trip. It is the final nail in the coffin for the Notw. it will be sorely missed by all however much people want to slag it off. Brooks should have gone instead………just my farthings worth.