Charlie Brookers Newswipe pretty revealing

S1 E6, couple of interesting points in this.



First, skip to 14 minutes, an insider is talking candidly about the cosy relationship between the government and the news, he cites an example of a story that was run by the Sun newspaper which resulted in a change in government policy. The insider reveals that it was known in downing street that the Sun was going to run that story well in advance, they already had their response planned out.

Next, skip to 21 minutes, an insider from the newspapers reveals that voicemail 'hacking' is prevalent, and one among many tactics the papers use to illegally gather information. Considering this came out two years before Leveson I'm pretty impressed.

[link to en.wikipedia.org] (Leveson Inquiry)