THE GUARDIAN DATA STORE – By Simon Rogers
Andy Coulson, Rebekah Brooks, LesHinton, Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson and now John Yates – see what their resignation statements had in common
The News of the World phone hacking scandal has prompted resignation after resignation, and with each one has come with a statement issued to the press.
So far, we have had five major resignations in the wake of the scandal:
• Andy Coulson, Prime Minister’s director of communications, Friday 21 January 2011 | full statement
• Rebekah Brooks, News International chief executive, Friday 15 July, 2011 | full statement
• Les Hinton, CEO of Dow Jones & Company, Friday 15 July, 2011 | full statement
• Sir Paul Stephenson, Metropolitan police commissioner, Sunday 17 July 2011 | full statement
• John Yates, Metropolitan police assistant commissioner, Monday 18 July, 2011 | full statement
And with each statement, the language has been carefully planned and calibrated to say exactly what resignee wants to get across to the world. [Read more…]