NEWS: News of the World phone hacking scandal

Tuesday 12 July 2011

The News of the World paper that had been printing for over 168 years was forced to close after a phone hacking scandal led to public outrage. Advertisers withdrew their business in protest as the list of potential targets of the scandal grew to 4000 individuals including royalty and victims of crime.

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