Two Murdoch reporters feared to be in suicide bids

[Newsjock]

Source: London Evening Standard

Two senior journalists at News International have apparently attempted to commit suicide as pressure mounts inside the Murdoch media empire.

The reporters appeared to try to take their own lives after the company turned over 300 million emails and internal papers to detectives investigating phone-hacking and alleged bribery of public officials.

The journalists, whom the Standard has decided not to name, were checked into hospital at the expense of News International on the orders of Rupert Murdoch.

Sources said other journalists inside the Wapping HQ look “terribly stressed and many are on the edge”. It is understood the company’s offer of psychiatric help is available to any journalist who feels under pressure.

Read more: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/uk/two-murdoch-reporters-feared-to-be-in-suicide-bids-7541864.html

[gateley]

2. Oh my God. Tragic. nt

[surfdog]

10. Yeah , tragic they failed

They must have committed such disgusting crimes that it was easier just to off themselves

And they couldn't even do that right.

[Cleita]

3. Just a nitpick on the story. Why would Murdoch be picking up the

hospital bill if England has national health care? Makes me wonder about the accuracy of the article.

[firehorse]

4. better for Murdoch if they are under his control?

[JDPriestly]

6. Murdoch can always cast doubt on their statements to the police

since the suicides indicate that the people giving the statements were depressed.

Could be but is not necessarily a legal trick.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. It would get them private rooms, for instance

and it also may be that a NHS doctor thought they weren't a danger to themselves any more, while Murdoch is taking no chances. Sometimes the term used was 'private clinics'.

Reuters and the Financial Times are also reporting it, apparently with their own sources.

[2pooped2pop]

11. the post office wanted to send me for counseling once

I said. Who do they report back to, you? If you are paying, is it you that gets my records?
they didn't answer. I never went.

But I wonder if that is why Rupert did it; to be in charge.

[Cleita]

12. Very good point and I would put nothing past him. n/t

[Javaman]

5. The truth shall set them free...

Dear Journalists, spill the beans and clear your mind of guilt.

[Cleita]

9. Yes, but will they be joining Julian Assange? n/t

[Lint Head]

7. The truth will set them free. Just fess up.