The Sun’s Trevor Kavanagh has described the weekend’s arrests of journalists and others as a “witch-hunt”. Some, who should know better, are nodding along to this. It is, of course, nothing of the kind, as the sensible Brian Cathcart has calmly explained. However, what is actually happening is a serious matter for those at the Sun and perhaps elsewhere at News International.
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