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A security guard stands at the entrance to News International offices in Wapping, London, July 7, 2011. Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation will close its tabloid News of the World after this Sunday's edition, as a result of an escalating phone hacking scandal, James Murdoch said on Thursday. (Agencies) |
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The News of the World, Rupert Murdoch's embattled British tabloid, will lay off 200 workers and shut down publication after its Sunday edition. The stunning announcement from Murdoch's son James came as the paper was vilified for reportedly hacking into the cell phones of crime and terror victims - and paying off London police for inside information. "Wrongdoers turned a good newsroom bad," said James Murdoch, "and this was not fully understood or adequately pursued." All revenue generated by the final ad-free edition will go to a "good cause," Murdoch wrote in a Thursday memo to the staff. The paper, long a London institution, sells nearly 3 million copies per week. The laid-off workers can apply for new jobs inside Murdoch's massive worldwide media operation. The latest blow to the 168-year-old paper was a published report that the tabloid had collected the telephone numbers of slain British troops. Although it was unclear if those phones were hacked, the backlash against the newspaper was immediate. "If these actions are proved to be verified, I am appalled," said Gen. David Richards, head of the British armed forces. The tabloid issued a statement saying it would be "absolutely appalled and horrified" if the war veterans or their families were targeted. The stunning allegations of corruption and illegal hacking led advertisers to start abandoning the newspaper, owned by Murdoch's News Corp. Police said as many as 4,000 people were targeted by the tabloid. British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday that an investigation into the sordid mess was coming. The News of the World is Britain's best-selling Sunday newspaper. Police are probing allegations that the newspaper hacked into the cell phones of teen-age murder victims, family members of people killed by terrorists, politicians and celebrities. The Times of London, another Murdoch publication, reported that arrests of reporters suspected of hacking were expected in the next few days. (Read by Lee Hannon. Lee Hannon is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies)
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魯珀特?默多克旗下的小報《世界新聞報》因陷入竊聽電話丑聞，將于本周日出版最后一期，隨后關閉，兩百名員工將遭解雇。 默多克之子詹姆斯宣布了這則令人震驚的消息。該報紙因對犯罪受害者及恐怖襲擊遇害者進行電話竊聽而遭指責，甚至還買通倫敦警方以獲取內部消息。 詹姆斯?默多克說：“一顆老鼠屎能壞一鍋湯，人們并沒有完全意識到這一點，也沒能充分秉持這一理念。” 默多克本周四在備忘中告訴員工：“最后一期報紙所得收入將全部捐給慈善事業，而且將不刊登任何廣告。” 這家報紙總部位于倫敦，每周發行近三百萬份。 被解雇員工可以在默多克旗下的傳媒集團申請新的工作機會。 該報已有168年的歷史。之前有報道稱，這份小報收集了英軍陣亡將士家屬的電話號碼，使其陷入“竊聽風波”。 盡管竊聽丑聞還未被證實，但人們立即開始強烈抵制該報。 英軍總司令大衛?理查茲將軍說：“如果竊聽屬實的話，那就太可怕了。” 該報發表一份聲明稱，如果退伍老兵或其家屬遭到竊聽，那將會是“駭人聽聞”的消息。 對其腐敗行為及非法竊聽的驚人指控讓廣告商開始放棄這家報紙。該報隸屬于默多克執掌的新聞集團。 警方稱多達四千人遭到該報竊聽。 英國首相大衛?卡梅倫本周三表示，即將對這起骯臟的丑聞展開調查。《世界新聞報》是英國最暢銷的星期日周報。 該報被控竊聽了年輕的犯罪遇害者、恐怖襲擊遇難者家屬、政客、以及名人的手機。警方正對此展開調查。 據默多克旗下的另一家報紙、倫敦《泰晤士報》報道，預計將在幾天內逮捕涉嫌竊聽的記者。 相關閱讀 （中國日報網英語點津 實習生史莉萍 編輯：Julie） |
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Vocabulary: tabloid：a newspaper this size concentrating on sensational and lurid news, usually heavily illustrated.（小報，通俗小報，版面通常比大報小一半，文章短，圖片多，經常報道名人佚事） vilify: to revile with abusive or defamatory language; malign（污蔑；誹謗；詆毀；中傷） slay: to kill by violence（在戰爭或搏斗中殺死，殘害，謀殺） appalled: 感到驚駭的；表示憎惡的 sordid：morally ignoble or base; vile（卑鄙的；丑惡的；無恥的） |
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