Two Journalists From Murdoch’s Sun Attempted Suicide
Reuters.
Following eleven arrests at Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid The Sun, and the
release of a new Sunday edition, two senior journalists at the paper have
reportedly tried to take their own lives, according to Reuters.
Both are in the hospital, the Financial Times reports, with News International
handling costs. Reuters says the British publishing unit "has increased the level
of psychiatric help available to employees to help them cope," while sources say
other Sun journalists appear "terribly stressed" with many "on the edge."
(Reuters) - Two senior journalists working for Rupert Murdoch's News International have apparently attempted suicide as pressure mounts at the scandal-hit publisher of the now-defunct News of the World.
Three sources close to the company told Reuters on Tuesday the two journalists at the Sun daily appeared to have tried to take their own lives. Investigations sparked by a phone-hacking scandal continue to expose dubious practices by present and past employees.
Eleven current and former staff of the Sun, Britain's best-selling daily tabloid, have been arrested this year on suspicion of bribing police or civil servants for tip-offs.
Their arrests have come as a result of information provided to the police by the Management and Standards Committee (MSC), a body set up by parent company News Corp to facilitate police investigations and liaise with the courts.
The work of the MSC, which was set up to be independent of the conglomerate's British newspaper arm News International, has caused bitterness among staff, many of whom feel betrayed by an employer they have loyally served.
"People think that they've been thrown under a bus," one News International employee told Reuters. "They're beyond angry - there's an utter sense of betrayal, not just with the organization but with a general lynch-mob hysteria."
News International is facing multiple criminal investigations and civil court cases as well as a public inquiry into press standards after long-simmering criticism of its practices came to a head last July.
Politicians once close to Murdoch, including Prime Minister David Cameron, turned their backs on him and demanded answers after the Guardian newspaper revealed the News of the World had hacked the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
Police officer Sue Akers, who is heading three criminal inquiries into News International, said last week there appeared to have been "a culture of illegal payments" at the Sun.
Staff at the tabloid have been under additional pressure for the past two weeks because they have also had to produce a Sunday paper, hastily announced by Murdoch to replace the News of the World.
News International has increased the level of psychiatric help available to employees to help them cope.
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Murdoch tried to close all media reports down in the UK so they wouldnt report this story!!! Many complied.
Well that bully Murdoch didnt manage to shut everyone up, The Financial Times and Reuters printed the story, now its all over the web. But is just goes to show just what a horrible man he is. I remember years ago in the UK, he stopped all private businesses and large retailers providing/selling new SKY boxes. He put a heck of a lot of small businesses our of business and he couldnt care less.
Oh well he cant spend his money in hell now can he