News Of The World Staffers Take Parting Shot At Management In Final Crossword Puzzle
from the parting-shots dept
With the closure of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World, due to the ongoing criminal investigations and revelations of highly questionable practices involving spying on private citizens and hacking into their voicemails, many people did wonder if the staff would have any sort of message for their bosses in the final edition. Apparently former editor Rebekah Brooks was adamant that staffers not mock them in the final edition, but she failed:"Rebekah tried everything to stop the staff having the last word and she utterly failed.How? They hid it in the puzzles section. Apparently, a bunch of clues for the various puzzles were not-so-subtle references to the whole thing, including "criminal enterprise," "catastrophe," "stench," and "racket."
"She brought in two very senior Sun journalists to go though every line on every page with a fine tooth comb to ensure there were no libels or any hidden mocking messages of the chief executive.
"But they failed and we’ve had the last laugh.’
Filed Under: crossword, news of the world, rebekah brooks
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