News media phone hacking scandal evidence seized from Mulcaire back in August 2006. By mid-year, five people were arrested, including senior journalists from "News of the World". In June 2011, the long-ignored issue of computer hacking was addressed by the launching of . Having failed thus far to put the phone hacking issue to rest, News International's law firm, Hickman & Rose, now hired former Director of Public Prosecutions Ken Macdonald to review the emails that News International executives had used as the basis of their claim that no one at "News of the World" but Clive Goodman had been involved in phone hacking. Macdonald
Media coverage in conjunction with the news media phone hacking scandal no criticism of "News of the World" for the phone hacking itself. CNN; (13 July 2011) County Fair, a media blog with links to media criticism, included on its "NewsCorpWatch" webpage that Cable News Network (CNN) reported "Fox News Watch" had admitted avoiding reporting on the phone hacking at its parent company. CNN found that "Fox News Watch" had not mentioned the scandal since August 2006 and that the L.A.Times reported that "Fox News stays mainly silent on the scandal during prime time when Rupert Murdoch shut down "News of the World". Other major news networks reportedly had fairly extensive