Canoe man's sons gladly accept payment for story..

[mrmcfister]

How about this...the boys knew the truth all along??

[max_tranmere]

Newspapers are still owned by people who put their own slant on things. The person who will win the 2010 general election will be the one who does the best deal with Rupert Murdoch, a man who has never lived in this country, can't vote here and pays no tax here. Murdoch won the 1992 general election for the Tories, there have been books written about that. Stephen Wall who was the senior foreign affairs advisor to John Mayor then Tony Blair, said recently in an interview that the only reason Blair promised a referendum on the EU Constitution is because Murdoch demanded it. The same goes for us not joining the Euro. The days of the powerful press barons are still with us. I think it is particularly obscene when you consider Murdoch isn't even British.

[colonel]

I think that they were in on it from the start.

[Pervert]

Sadly, Colonel, what you think doesn't have any standing in a court of law, and as the Old Bill completely exonerated them . . . I suppose we'll just have to lynch them.

Re journalism, of course it's main purpose is to sell papers, and therefore attract advertising which is where the money really comes from. But sometimes, with some reporters and editors, the search for the truth of a story itself becomes more important. The Washington Post was warned off during the Watergate investigation; subscriptions were cancelled, advertising pulled. But the story was pursued.

Admittedly, it wasn't real journalism, like paying someone to reveal love secrets or employing a fake sheikh, but the Woodstein boys did all right.

[mrmcfister]

Lack of evidence does not mean innocence.

[Deuce Bigolo]

Only a fool would turn down any money offered

The fact they testified against their parents says to me they knew nothing

Quite ironic how one generation was looking to set themselves up on easy street for life but ended up setting their kids up

Bizarre

[colonel]

Caractacus wrote:

> Sadly, Colonel, what you think doesn't have any standing in a
> court of law, and as the Old Bill completely exonerated them .
> . . I suppose we'll just have to lynch them.

Isn't that what we all do on here?

[Lizard]

Dear me!....nurse..