| Hack Attack: The Inside Story of How the Truth Caught Up with Rupert Murdoch Contributor(s): Davies, Nick (Author), Crossley, Steven (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1483080137 ISBN-13: 9781483080130 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Political Science | Corruption & Misconduct - Business & Economics | Industries - Media & Communications |
| Dewey: 072.1 |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6.2" W x 5.6" (0.85 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At first, it seemed like a small story. The royal editor of the News of the World was caught listening to the voice mail messages of staff at Buckingham Palace. He and a private investigator were jailed, and the case was closed. But Nick Davies, special correspondent for the Guardian, knew it didn't add up. He began to investigate and ended up exposing a world of crime and cover-up, of fear and favor--the long shadow of Rupert Murdoch's media empire.Hack Attack is the mesmerizing story of how Davies and a small group of lawyers and politicians took on one of the most powerful men in the world and emerged victorious. It exposes the inner workings of the ruthless machine that was the News of the World and of the private investigators who hacked phones, listened to live calls, sent Trojan horse emails, bribed the police, and committed burglaries to dig up tabloid scoops. Above all, it is a study of the private lives of the power elite. It paints an intimate portrait of the social network that gave Murdoch privileged access to government and allowed him and his lieutenants to intimidate anyone who stood up to them.Spanning the course of the investigation from Davies' contact with his first source in early 2008 to the resolution of the criminal trial in June 2014, this is the definitive record of one of the major scandals of our time, written by the journalist who was there every step of the way. |
Contributor Bio(s): Davies, Nick: - Nick Davies is an award-winning investigative reporter and the author of several books, including the bestseller Flat Earth News. He has been named Reporter of the Year, Journalist of the Year, and Feature Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards and has won eight additional prizes for his work uncovering the phone-hacking scandal. He is a special correspondent for the Guardian. Crossley, Steven: -Steven Crossley, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, has built a career on both sides of the Atlantic as an actor and audiobook narrator, for which he has won eleven AudioFile Earphones Awards and been a nominee for the prestigious Audie Award. He is a member of the internationally renowned theater company Complicite and has appeared in numerous theater, television, film, and radio dramas. |