It seems to me that the only rational explanation for Coulson accepting that he didn't need to know what the source of the phone-hacked stories were is because the system was all pervasive before he became editor.
In other words, when as any reasonable editor would ask, what's the source(s) of this scoop, the journo with the story would have to stand it up. In this case, could it be reasonable to assume that the hacking was already so pervasive that Coulson only needed to know a code word to know the veracity of the story.
i.e. Q. What's the source, can we stand it up? A. 100% it's kosher from our listening pals.
Now all that explains such a scenario is that the same circumstances pertained under a previous editor AND that senior staff at News International could brief about it. Les and Alison have a few explanations to make?.
Hmmm, who was editor at the N.OT.W before Coulson? Did the same methods go to another national newspaper in the same stable? Surely Rebbecah, Les and Alison knew?
Sunday, September 5, 2010
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