Phone Hack Whistleblower Found Dead

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 47•29 • Jul 20, 2011

Sean Hoare, a former News Of The World entertainment journalist who was first to admit publicly that reporters were encouraged to hack celebrities' phones, was found dead in his home at Watford, England. What do you think?

“Well, I hope we've all learned a valuable lesson about trying to rid the world of evil." ”
Lynn Scott –
Vault Custodian
“That guy was kind of Woodward and Bernstein, Deep Throat and Nixon all in one.”
Ian Evans –
Systems Analyst
“I hope you're not implying that this guy was killed by Rupert Murdoch, because that's the kind of thing that can get you killed by Rupert Murdoch.”
Josh Wright –
Unemployed

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