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DESCRIPTION:The “Dark Arts\,” as the illicit practices adopted by certain m
 embers of the British press came to be known\, made headlines around the w
 orld when the News of the World phone-hacking scandal unravelled in the su
 mmer of 2011. The Metropolitan Police was implicated\, as were certain pol
 iticians\, for their inappropriate ties with members of the press. And the
 n\, there was Rupert Murdoch himself\, who was forced to close down the lo
 ngstanding News of the World\; accept the dissolution of his bid for contr
 ol of satellite network BSkyB\; and step down as director of News Internat
 ional\, News Corp’s British division.  After receiving evidence from appro
 ximately 637 witnesses\, Lord Justice Leveson’s Inquiry into the Culture\,
  Practices and Ethics of the Press issued a report in November 2012 recomm
 ending the establishment of an independent self-regulatory body with a sta
 tutory underpinning. The report alone caused an uproar within the industry
  and split the Coalition\; and Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to 
 forego the statutory underpinning of the new watchdog has left victims of 
 the scandal disappointed – with some publically calling it “a compromise o
 f a compromise.”  Journalist and author\, Sarah Ellison\, and Des Freedman
 \, Reader of Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths\, will expl
 ore the implications of Leveson’s report for media freedom and democratic 
 reform in the second of Media@9I���������’s two-part series on The Murdoch Affa
 ir and the Leveson Inquiry: A Critical Assessment of the Hackgate Scandal.
  The panel discussion will take place on Thursday\, March 28\, at 5:30 p.m
 . in Leacock 232\, 855 Sherbrooke West. It is free and open to the public.
   For more information and talk abstracts\, visit: www.media.mcgill.ca
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LOCATION:Room 232\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 r
 ue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:The Murdoch Affair and the Leveson Inquiry: A Critical Assessment o
 f the Hackgate Scandal\, Part II:  Panel discussion with Sarah Ellison and
  Des Freedman\,  moderated by Mike Gasher
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