Darkness at the heart of British culture

I think I dislike almost everything about The News of the World and the Sun although I have to admit to reading the Sunday Times.  I admit that I am a liberal (although I'm not wanting to vote for those turncoat bastards at any point in the near future) and I'm a bit of a socialist/left wing type.  I'm a doctor so it's in my nature to give a fuck about those who are less fortunate than me.

I have dislike NOTW and the Sun for many years.  I don't like page 3 girls.  I do like naked women, just not when I'm reading a newspaper.  Page 3 girls are fucking pointless.  Buy a wank mag or use the internet for sucks sake.  I don't like braindead bigotry.  I don't like the Islamophobia/closet racism that I see in the tabloid press.  I don't really give a shit about what an ignorant footballer does with his penis. 

I do like investigative journalism. I like to know about bad things that corporations and governments do.  I think that is important and that the negative feedback system of a free press keeps our sleazy politicians in line.  A good journalist will work for a good newspaper and let us know what we need to know.  However, I suspect that a good journalist would not cross a moral line by breaking into the answering machine of the family of a dead soldier or a murdered schoolchild.  A good journalist would self regulate and step back.  The public does not need to know that much.

Something seems to have been rotten at the heart of the News of the World and the News International corporation.  Why would you fire 200 people and end a 168 year old newspaper instead of firing the chief executive who has failed to maintain decent standards?  Why would the Prime Minister employ an advisor who appears to have bribed police officers?  Will Rupert Murdoch be allowed to gain further media dominance in our country?  I don't want anything like the American Fox News in the UK. 

I will not miss the News of the World.  I would be happy to see the rest of the output of News International follow in its path.  We could do with a few less tabloid newspapers.  It would be nice if they were replaced by some intelligent journalism.