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Sun newspaper historic Sunday edition

February 26, 2012

Rupert Murdoch has overseen the printing of his new title, the Sun on Sunday, as questions continue to be asked about alleged criminality and corruption at other News International titles.

Mr Murdoch arrived at a printing press in Hertfordshire to personally witness the production of the paper, which fills a gap on newsstands left by the now-defunct News Of The World (NOTW).
An editorial in the new tabloid describes the closure of the NOTW as a “sobering experience” – and says The Sun on Sunday will be “fearless, outspoken, mischievous and fun”, and will hold all journalists to account.
It has appointed a “readers’ champion” to deal with errors and feedback from the public.

Freedom Of The Press rights under attack

February 15, 2012

The newspaper reported that names of public officials were being passed to the police on the grounds they do not deserve protection because there is evidence they may have been paid for information.
The Times said it was not clear whether the investigation had identified the sources without considering “whether the publication of stories based on their information was in the public interest”. The story came a day after one of The Sun’s most senior journalists said the internal inquiry was a “witch hunt” designed to protect News Corporation, Mr Murdoch’s parent company in the US.
It also emerged that the investigation by News Corporation’s Management and Standards Committee (MSC) also includes The Times and The Sunday Times after the main focus was on The Sun and the now defunct News of the World.

Sun newspaper attacked in Witchhunt

February 13, 2012

Yet in what would at any other time cause uproar in Parliament and among civil liberty and human rights campaigners, its journalists are being treated like members of an organised crime gang.

They are subjects of the biggest police operation in British criminal history — bigger even than the Pan Am Lockerbie murder probe.

Major crime investigations are on hold as 171 police are drafted in to run three separate operations.