In 2003 online postings from US soldiers working at Abu Ghraib prison showed photos of torture. The Pentagon called this an isolated incident, however the CIA had established a secret empire of prisons throughout the world for terror suspects of their ‘rendition’ program.

“This is not representative of the 150,000 soldiers that are over here. I’d say the same thing to the American people … Don’t judge your army based on the actions of a few. Americans chose to believe their leaders, despite the condemnation of Amnesty International,” said Brig. Gen Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of Coalition operations in Iraq.

Military commanders punished eleven soldiers and announced an end to torture.

It was all lies.

Especially since most of the torture was condoned by the higher ranks of the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency.

It was not an isolated incident and neither was the News of the World’s phone hacking.

The British newspaper sought headlines by tapping phones with sophisticated methods gleaned from the various spy networks of the UK and USA.

This week the chief editor was found guilty of phone-hacking, but then according Al Jazeera the jury failed to arrive at a verdict on whether former News of the World editor Andy Coulson and ex-royal editor Clive Goodman were guilty of paying police officers for royal phone directories.

The trial cost over $3 million.

Most of the other conspirators have been acquitted of all charges and the media magnate Rupert Murdock was never charged with anything.

This too was only an isolated incident.

His other newspapers were innocent of any wrongdoing in the eyes of the media, who are equally guilty of the same charges and worse.

Once more justice has been blinded by the news.

The truth will always out.

Especially for Mssr. Murdoch, who was known to have said, “Bury your mistakes.”

The deeper the better.