AP: 'News of the World' Paid Spies at Rival Newspapers for Scoops
Tabloid's former editor has admitted to the practice
Considering the seriousness of the hacking allegations that have been leveled against News Corp. in recent months, it doesn’t come as a huge surprise to learn the News of the World was involved in various other unethical activities over the years.
The fact that the tabloid was paying off rival journalists for scoops isn’t a new claim—it’s something that former editor Piers Morgan has freely admitted in the past—but it's one that had been largely forgotten, at least until a new investigation by the Associated Press revealed what the AP terms "a pattern of payoffs aimed at rival newspaper employees."
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