1. What was the first event/story that raised suspicions
that phone hacking might be occurring?
2. To date, how many people have been arrested and/or
charged by police investigating the phone hacking scandal? Who are they?
3. Who was Andy Coulson, and how was he involved? Why was it
so important that he stepped down from his Media Advisor role when the full
scale of the scandal came to light?
4. Who was Rebekah Brooks? Give details of her role at the
time of the scandal, the jobs she’s taken on since, and what has happened to
her recently.
5. Why was Rupert Murdoch’s ‘friendship’ with the
Conservative party seen as a bad thing?
6. Around the time the full scandal was revealed, News
Corporation was bidding to take over full ownership of BskyB (of which at the
time it owned 40%). How did the scandal affect their bid?
7. What was Operation Weeting?
8. The Leveson Inquiry was held to investigate the culture,
practices and ethics of the press in the light of the phone hacking scandal and
the other corruption that had been exposed. What were the four main areas it
focussed on? (These are sometimes referred to as ‘modules’).
