Phone hacking also rife under Piers Morgan at Mirror, claims ex-reporter

[KeepItReal]

Source: The Guardian UK

Phone hacking was not confined to the News of the World but was widespread at other newspapers, including the Daily Mirror, a former Mirror reporter has claimed. James Hipwell, who worked as a financial journalist under the editorship of Piers Morgan, said the practice was "seen as a bit of a wheeze" and offered to give evidence to the public inquiry into hacking ordered by David Cameron.

"You know what people around you are doing," he told the Independent. "They would call a celebrity with one phone and when it was answered they would then hang up. "By that stage, the other phone would be into voicemail and they would key in the code, 9999 or 0000. I saw that a lot." "After they'd hacked into someone's mobile, they'd delete the message so another paper couldn't get the story. There was great hilarity about it."

Piers Morgan, a former editor of the Mirror, and the News of the World, has strenuously denied any link to the phone-hacking scandal.

Hipwell said he had chosen to speak out as he was sick of all the "lies". The death of phone-hacking whistleblower Sean Hoare fuelled his decision to talk about what went on, he said, condemning the way the former News of the World journalist had been treated as "disgraceful".

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/23/phone-hacking-piers-morgan-mirror

[Maccagirl]

1. Piers, I don't believe you.

You have the character of a gnat and your show sucks.

[FourScore]

2. Personally, I think that is a rude and unnecessary insult

to gnats.

:evilgrin:

k/r

[digidigido]

3. I wouldn't doubt it, however Hipwell is a slime

[aquart]

4. The mad anagramist says Piers is up to his ears.

Loathes him.

[alp227]

5. anyone watching "America's Got Talent"

since Piers is a judge there?