According to the Independent on Sunday, the News of the World states:
"We reject absolutely any suggestion there was a widespread culture of wrongdoing at the News of the World."
This does seem a statement which has been, shall we say, lawyered.
So one may wonder what is actually meant by:
"widespread"
"culture"
and
"wrongdoing"
Also, one may perhaps wonder why the statement did not just say:
"There was no unlawful activity by News International."
There must be a very good reason.
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And don't forget the definition of "reject".
If I were being very proper, I could reject a suggestion that some suspected criminal, is a criminal, because I uphold the presumption of innocence.
This doesn't mean that person isn't guilty, and it doesn't even mean I don't believe that person to be guilty. It just means I don't want statements circulating that *say* the person is guilty.
Anyway, of course they can't say there was no illegal activity at News International - Clive Goodman was convicted for illegal activity at News International. They could (but didn't) say, "nobody at News International other than Clive Goodman ordered criminal interference with phones".
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