Hack Attack: How the Truth Caught Up with Rupert Murdoch
The cover of the UK first edition
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| Author | Nick Davies |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction, Investigative journalism |
| Published | 2014 by Chatto and Windus (UK) and Farrar, Straus and Giroux (U.S.) |
| Pages | 412 pp (first edition) |
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Hack Attack: How the Truth Caught Up with Rupert Murdoch is a 2014 book about the News International phone hacking scandal by the British investigative journalist Nick Davies.
Hack Attack was published by Random House's imprint Chatto and Windus in the United Kingdom and by Farrar, Straus and Giroux's imprint Faber and Faber Inc, in the USA.
Hack Attack is Davies's first book since his 2008 work on the British press, Flat Earth News. Davies began work on Hack Attack in July 2011 at the same time that parliamentarian Tom Watson began work on his work on the phone hacking scandal, Dial M for Murdoch. Davies and Watson subsequently met and discussed their respective projects.
The book contains sixteen chapters divided into three sections; 'Crime and Concealment', 'The Power Game' and 'Truth'. The book is prefaced by a 'Who's Who' of people mentioned in the book and an author's note. An epilogue ends the book, followed by an appendix that lists 41 private investigators that were used by British newspapers; many of whom have been convicted of various crimes. An extensive bibliography with links to the media and sources used in the book and exhibits are at the book's webpages.
Henry Porter positively reviewed Hack Attack in The Guardian, calling it a "gripping account". Porter wrote that "This book is important, not simply because it is written by a superb reporter who took on a seemingly invulnerable criminal conspiracy, or because it is, even after Leveson and the months of evidence in court, the best account we have of the phone-hacking scandal and the attendant police corruption and cover-ups. It is, as well, the story of modern Britain and how its standards and politics have been degraded by one man's ruthless acquisition of power...Davies has laid it all bare in an exciting, clear and honest narrative..." Porter concluded by describing the book as deserving "a lot of praise and success. It is a masterly summary of the hacking affair, as well as the ingenuity and persistence that lead to great journalism." Porter reserved his sole criticism for the book's subtitle, as he felt that the truth "hasn't yet" caught up with Rupert Murdoch; the subsequent reorganization of News Corporation in the wake of the scandal left the company and the Murdoch family substantially enriched.Peter Wilby also positively reviewed Hack Attack in The Guardian.
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