Je suis Charlie

Should newspapers reprint cartoons of the prophet Muhammad that some deem offensive???

Read the following articles from the New York times and the comments online and contribute to the debate.

Taking on the tabloids

You are going to listen to a news item about Murdoch´s hacking scandal. Answer the questions after you listen.



1. Who have been victims of hacking by News Corporation’s hungry reporters?
2. How did Hugh Grant realise that someone was listening on his life?
3. How did he get confirmation?
4. How did Hugh Grant get to meet Paul McMullan?
5. What confessions did McMullan make to Grant?
6. How did Grant take revenge on him?
7. Why is Grant so furious?


Now you are going to listen to some extracts from two famous people giving testimony on the Levenson Inquiry. Answer the questions below.
1. What two incidents does J.K. Rowling describe as examples of invasion of privacy?
2. How did Sienna Miller find out that her phoned was being hacked?. What pieces of personal information did the press know about?