This is an amorality story of corruption as dark, diseased and destructive as known to a modern Western democracy. This didn't just happen overnight, over many years politicians and police officers have been aware of shady goings on but chose to ignore it.
To understand how we have come to this, Prime Ministers, politicians and the police force effectively encouraging News Corporation, you have to go back some decades.
Margaret Thatcher made a pact or a sacrifice, depending on the way you look at it, with Murdoch in the 1980's, giving him his every wish in return for his political support and his papers to sing her praises. This move created the monster we see in its true ugly form today.
Thatcher gave Murdoch the freedom to have a large media market share, which Murdoch then expertly turned into power over the political elite. He took advantage of the freedom our democracy has and with some sort of dark genius, he bullied and bribed to the point where it has become universally accepted that without Murdoch's help and approval no party can be elected or stay in power for long.
Once Thatcher let Murdoch have this unjust power, Tony Blair then proceeded to follow Thatcher's footsteps and got Murdoch's support in the 1997 election and now, more cringe, David Cameron is hypnotised by Murdoch's media power and enjoys behind closed doors dinners and parties with the media mogul.
Surely this should be frowned upon, how can we rely on Murdoch's publications to give us objective news when politicians are in the pockets of Murdoch. The answer is we can't.
For those searching The Sun when the news first broke this week for an explanation would have been sorely disappointed. All they had to show was a page two, 200 word report, a tiny story that the breasts on page 3 overshadowed.
There is an overwhelming feeling from the public that we do not need to tolerate Murdoch-Government power any longer. The deceit and manipulation by Murdoch and his media empire should not be tolerated in a Western democracy and it has been allowed to happen for too long.
David Cameron and his covert Christmas dinners with Rebecca Brooks before allowing the BSkyB deal to become closer to reality is a pure example of their plan to abandon any chance of media ownership reform.
After the phone hacking scandal there is hope, although small, that there could be change. The public have been left feeling disgusted and this feeling should be taken advantage of and used to stop the media becoming controlled by one man and his chosen minions.
A full independent inquiry needs to be carried out immediately and needless to add, an instant reversal of the green light on the BSkyB deal should also be automatic and it is unbelievable that the takeover could still happen. The decision has been delayed until September. Murdoch has never been so vulnerable and this opportunity should not be missed.
This is a historic opportunity for parliament to exercise their most aggressive power to stop Murdoch's growing media monopoly once and for all.
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