The British newspaper News of the World was recently forced to shut down after a phone-hacking scandal rocked its reputation.
Part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, News of the World has been in print for 168 years.
Initially, the phone-hacking allegations were only linked to celebrities, politicians and members of the royal family.
New evidence has suggested the victims of the phone-hacking include murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, victims of the 2005 London bombings and relatives of deceased British soldiers.
Murdoch claims he had no knowledge the hacking was going on and said his employees disgraced him and his companies.
Although Forbes listed Murdoch as the 13th most powerful man in the world, many don't believe Murdoch will emerge from this scandal still holding the CEO title.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced it would be launching investigations into his American media outlets as well.
While most of us on staff have had to harass people to get a story, we would never stoop so low as to invade another person's privacy.
We feel this scandal is just a public representation of something we have been trying to ignore. Journalistic values are declining.
It has become too easy for reporters to access their subjects via social networking sites, causing people in the public eye to take extra measures to ensure their private lives stay private.
What News of the World has done by taking away a country's reasonable right to privacy will haunt journalists in that country and abroad for years to come.
By having absolutely no boundaries in their reporting techniques, Murdoch's reporters have caused more boundaries to be put in front of them.
Who knows what will come of the hearing currently being held concerning Murdoch and his son's involvement.
Regardless of what is found or decided, Murdoch needs to take responsibility for his company's actions.
Even though he doesn't oversee the day-to-day operations of his newspapers, he is ultimately the one to carry the blame for this oversight.
He is surrounded by so much scandal at this point, it might even be best if he stepped aside as CEO so the general public might be able to trust in his publications again.
Britain's view of the media mogul was made clear when a man tried to shove a shaving cream pie in Murdoch's face while screaming "You are a greedy billionaire."
While many British personalities were humbled by having their privacy invaded, Murdoch got his just desserts in court.
We feel angry that such a well-known media tycoon isn't setting a good example for journalists entering the field.
We are being trained how to do our jobs, and how to do them right.
Murdoch either has a disregard for good journalistic values, or has poor judgement on who to hire to run his papers.
Regardless, this is not something young journalists need to be seeing.
What needs to be stressed in this situation is that the public has a right to know things about people in the public eye, but privacy invasion to get the story crosses the line.
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