Xann Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Peter Oborne has quit The Daily Telegraph, accusing the newspaper of committing fraud on its readers over its coverage (or lack therein) of the HSBC scandal. In a scathing editorial published on the Open Democracy website, the newspaper's former chief political commentator accuses The Daily Telegraph management of burying reports on the black hole in the HSBC accounts, which he infers was at the behest of the advertising department. There's more... Telegraph's Peter Oborne Wants Independent Probe Into Paper Amid Raid On HSBC In Geneva The Huff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Did Peter Oborne not realise beforehand that he was working for an elitist, corporate mouthpiece? The whole miserable HSBC saga is about the least surprising piece of news all year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 The whole miserable HSBC saga is about the least surprising piece of news all year. They've just been busted again. Geneva this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted February 18, 2015 Moderator Share Posted February 18, 2015 Right wing journo in right-wing Newspaper owner slimy scumbag revelation Shock!It's actually a shame when Newspapers lose their credibility and integrity like that. There are fewer and fewer left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Are there any left? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 The whole miserable HSBC saga is about the least surprising piece of news all year. They've just been busted again. Geneva this time. Good. It would be nice to think this brief window of newsworthiness (unless you read the Telegraph) would bring enough pressure on the Swiss authorities to investigate beyond HSBC, but I doubt it somehow. I just can't stand all the false surprise and empty apologies - Swiss banks involved in money laundering and tax dodging, well well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 18, 2015 Moderator Share Posted February 18, 2015 No to mention all the nazi gold... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Private Eye covers this sort of hypocrisy which all the papers seem to be guilty of. Like the Guardian campaigning against zero-hour contracts while allegedly using them for certain staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 The surprising (or not) thing is that today, HSBC has the tightest controls of any Bank in the UK when it comes to fighting financial crime, governance and due diligence...and is probably one of the best in the World. This is what has been fed down the line following audit after audit from external companies. Now, after that revelation, imagine how lapse some of the other banks are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 They're all at it Xela, the whole sorry gamut. We can only hope there are more leaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted February 18, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2015 The sad thing is, the morally bankrupt minority who have lined their pockets through wrongdoings in the past have got away scot free and its the vast majority of the hard working front-line staff who suffer the ramifications. Doris who works as cashier in at HSBC branch will probably have her 2% annual pay-rise on her £15k salary reduced to 1% as the Bank uses some of its staff pay pot to pay off fines for historic dodgy practices. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 The sad thing is, the morally bankrupt minority who have lined their pockets through wrongdoings in the past have got away scot free and its the vast majority of the hard working front-line staff who suffer the ramifications. Doris who works as cashier in at HSBC branch will probably have her 2% annual pay-rise on her £15k salary reduced to 1% as the Bank uses some of its staff pay pot to pay off fines for historic dodgy practices. Plus it's Doris at the HSBC counter that has to sit there and listen to the customers complain about it all, because as everyone knows, you give Doris a piece of your mind and she'll pass it up the line to the Swiss boys and they'll stop it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 It would appear that the 'paper (or rather The Torygraph's editorial line as per the Barclays) has hit a real low with its stories and claims about suicides of other journalists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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