Mediagazer: Reporter on British Phone Hacking Is Entangled in Story (David Carr/New York Times)

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David Carr / New York Times:

Reporter on British Phone Hacking Is Entangled in Story — Last summer, Amelia Hill, a special investigations correspondent for the British newspaper The Guardian, helped crack open the country's hacking scandal for all to see. Working with her colleague Nick Davies, she pulled back the veil …

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Guardian:

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Robert Booth / Guardian:

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:

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Reuters:

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John Plunkett / Guardian:

Evans: police and parliament too slow to act on hacking — Former Sunday Times editor says the truth should have been dragged ‘screaming into the open’ when first case was reported — Former Sunday Times editor Sir Harold Evans has criticised the UK's parliament and police for not doing more to investigate the phone-hacking scandal.

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