'The anger came later'

Summary

The announcement that Sunday would be the last edition ever of the News of the World was greeted with disbelief by the staff of the newspaper. When Rebekah Brooks said she had an announcement, everyone thought it would be her resignation, just like with Andy Coulson four years ago. However, instead of telling them she would lose her job, she announced that the employees of the News of the World were the ones who would lose their jobs. The employees were stunned but ‘the anger came later’.  The employees are confused, angry and upset about the sudden loss of their jobs and don’t know how to react.

Comment

What Rebekah Brooks did here is really unforgivable. I cannot understand how it is viewed as fair that she gets to keep her job, while the employees, of who it is not ever sure that they were involved, as all the phone-hacking was done by hired detectives, lose their jobs. This really shows the true sentiment going on in the top of Murdoch’s empire, a sentiment of cold people who do not really care about their people but just about profit. I feel really sorry for the people who lose their jobs, but I can’t help but enjoy the fact that a paper like The News is quitting.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/tears-then-rage-as-journalists-are-told-that-they-face-the-sack-2308953.html