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We're learning more about the culture that operated in the NOTW newsdesks - a culture of intense pressure and bullying, by the look of things.
Phone hacking: Swagger that sowed the seeds of destruction - Telegraph
The pressure on journalists at the paper to satisfy the demands of the editor was immense, says Mr McMullan. These demands ranged from requiring groundbreaking stories to ridiculous requests made for the amusement of executives. On 9/11, Mrs Brooks demanded a reporter, who had been designated the News of the World’s Harry Potter correspondent wear his costume for her and Mr Coulson’s amusement. The reporter refused, believing it was in poor taste, and later quit.
But the pressures to produce exclusive stories conspired to create the collapse.
“The people who did the hacking were driven to it,” said one source. “The pressure is massive. It’s endless. If you don’t produce stories you’re abused in conference and threatened with dismissal.” Mulcaire, who said he was under strain to justify the £10,000 a month he was being paid, began to hack mobile phones on an industrial scale. At first, the hacking was used as a secondary tool, a means, said a source, of “filtering out” the hundreds of tips that would be rung in to the newsdesk.
The pressure on journalists at the paper to satisfy the demands of the editor was immense, says Mr McMullan. These demands ranged from requiring groundbreaking stories to ridiculous requests made for the amusement of executives. On 9/11, Mrs Brooks demanded a reporter, who had been designated the News of the World’s Harry Potter correspondent wear his costume for her and Mr Coulson’s amusement. The reporter refused, believing it was in poor taste, and later quit.
But the pressures to produce exclusive stories conspired to create the collapse.
“The people who did the hacking were driven to it,” said one source. “The pressure is massive. It’s endless. If you don’t produce stories you’re abused in conference and threatened with dismissal.” Mulcaire, who said he was under strain to justify the £10,000 a month he was being paid, began to hack mobile phones on an industrial scale. At first, the hacking was used as a secondary tool, a means, said a source, of “filtering out” the hundreds of tips that would be rung in to the newsdesk.
Phone hacking: Swagger that sowed the seeds of destruction - Telegraph