Times editor apologises in Britain for email hacking

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(AFP)

8 February 2012

LONDON — The editor of The Times newspaper apologised on Tuesday to a blog-writing detective who was unmasked by a former reporter of the newspaper who allegedly hacked his email.

James Harding told an inquiry into British press standards that he “sorely” regretted the intrusion and expected “better of The Times”.

Detectives are investigating claims that the journalist, Patrick Foster, accessed the email of detective Richard Horton in 2009 to unmask him as the author of the anonymous NightJack blog about the workings of the police. snip

Harding admitted to the inquiry last month that the Rupert Murdoch-owned Times had issued one of its reporters with a formal warning for professional misconduct because he had gained unauthorised access to an email account.

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1. Murdock's anti-Midas touch. What he touches turns to shit.

The wall street journal has become pathetic. The venerable Times of London is as bad.

It is almost as bad as Sarah Palin's endorsement record.