Eight “Scathing” Passages From The News Corp. Report

In the world of the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal, “scathing” is the word of the day. It’s the word that has been widely used to describe the report released today by the UK Parliament’s select committee on culture, media and sport — though harsh, severe, berating, or critical would also serve. Even observers in the UK were surprised at the 100+ page report’s language. “Everyone was kind of astonished,” Steve Hewlett, a columnist at The Guardian and host of the BBC Radio 4 Media Show, told TPM. While the practical and political implications of the report are still being sorted out, its tone is unambiguous. We highlighted eight of the most, yes, “scathing” passages written by the UK lawmakers.

• Page 70 - “Not A Fit Person”
• Page 88 - “Willful Blindness”
• Page 22 - “Tried To Have It Both Ways”
• Page 68 - “Collective Amnesia”
• Page 59 - “Simply Astonishing”
• Page 69 - “Simply Not Credible”
• Page 68 - “Huge Failings”
• Page 14 - “Wished To Buy Silence”