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The Guardian didn't care when Murdoch's journalists were arrested. So why the hysteria now?

24 August 2013

9:00 AM

24 August 2013

9:00 AM

It is good to see the Guardian suddenly rediscover its interest in the sanctity of a free press.  Just five months ago, the paper seemed to have given up on the idea, when it backed the statutory regulation of newspapers. It did not show any particular alarm when Rupert Murdoch’s journalists were hauled out of bed at 6a.m.

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