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'''Sean Hoare''' (1963 |
'''Sean Hoare''' (1963 or 1964 – c. 17 July 2011) was a [[British people|British]] entertainment journalist. He contributed to articles on show business, from actors to reality television stars.<ref name="HolmesJermyn2004">{{cite book|last1=Holmes|first1=Su|last2=Jermyn|first2=Deborah|title=Understanding reality television|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wYCCP4XLF94C&pg=PA135|accessdate=18 July 2011|date=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780415317955|page=135}}</ref> He contributed to exposing the [[News International phone hacking scandal]]. |
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Revision as of 14:19, 22 July 2011
Sean Hoare | |
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 circa 2002 | |
| Born | 1963 or 1964 |
| Died | c. 17 July 2011 (aged 47) |
| Nationality | British |
Sean Hoare (1963 or 1964 – c. 17 July 2011) was a British entertainment journalist. He contributed to articles on show business, from actors to reality television stars.[1] He contributed to exposing the News International phone hacking scandal.
Career
Hoare was described as "coming from a working-class background of solid Arsenal supporters, always voted Labour, defined himself specifically as a "clause IV" socialist who still believed in public ownership of the means of production."[2] Hoare attended Uxbridge College in the early 1980s and was then a trainee reporter in the 1980s for the Watford Observer.[3]
He was a reporter for The Sun (from 1998 to 2003)[citation needed] before joining the The Sunday People, under editor Neil Wallis. He moved to the News of the World in June 2001,[4] under editor Rebekah Brooks (then Rebekah Wade) but was sacked in 2005 by then editor Andy Coulson for drink and drug problems.[5][6] He said in regards to his drug taking while employed by the News of the World, "I was paid to go out and take drugs with rock stars – get drunk with them, take pills with them, take cocaine with them. It was so competitive. You are going to go beyond the call of duty. You are going to do things that no sane man would do. You're in a machine."[2] He claims to have often taken "three grammes of cocaine a day, spending about £1,000 a week" and would drink Jack Daniel's, and then would snort a line of cocaine as part of a "rock star's breakfast".[2] His health deteriorated to the point that the doctor examining his liver remarked that he "must be dead".[2] A former colleague said, "if you could imagine the stereotypical image of News of the World hack, it would be he."[6]
In 2001, Hoare was awarded a Shafta Award (celebrating "the very worst in tabloid journalism")[7] for his scoop on David and Victoria Beckham's purchase of an island off the Essex coast;[8][9] the story, which turned out to be fiction,[9] also won him the 20th anniversary "Shafta of Shaftas" in 2006.[7] He won another Shafta in 2002[10] two in 2003[11] and a lifetime achievement Shafta in 2004.[12]
Phone hacking
He was involved in and exposed the News International phone hacking scandal in which he claimed in a New York Times article that Andy Coulson "encouraged" him to hack phones. He was once a close friend of Coulson.[5] Hoare had said of the phone hacking at the News of the World; "It was always done in the language of, 'Why don't you practise some of your dark arts on this', which was a metaphor for saying, 'Go and hack into a phone'. Such was the culture of intimidation and bullying that you would do it because you had to produce results. And, you know, to stand up in front of a Commons committee and say, 'I was unaware of this under my watch' was wrong."[6]
Death
He was found dead at his home in Langley Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, at around 11 am on 18 July 2011.[5] Hertfordshire police have stated that the death is not suspicious,[13] and that it could take weeks to establish a cause of death.[14][15]
References
- ^ Holmes, Su; Jermyn, Deborah (2004). Understanding reality television. Routledge. p. 135. ISBN 9780415317955. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ a b c d Davies, Nick (18 July 2011). "Sean Hoare knew how destructive the News of the World could be". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Pickard, Michael (7 September 2010). "Former WO reporter Sean Hoare claims ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson told him to hack phones". Watford Observer. Retrieved 18 july 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ The Guardian, 5 June 2001, NoW's Taylor promoted to Mr Fixit
- ^ a b c Hill, Amelia; Robinson, James; Davies, Caroline (18 July 2011). "News of the World phone-hacking whistleblower found dead". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c Singh, Anita (19 July 2011). " "Phone hacking: Profile of Sean Hoare, the News of the World journalist and whistleblower". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b The Guardian, 26 April 2006, Monkey goes to the Shaftas
- ^ Sean Hoare, The Sunday People, 21 January 2001, "Spice Island: Beckhams to buy £6m island off the coast of Essex"
- ^ a b "Your chance to get well and truly Shafted". The Guardian. 10 April 2002. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ The Guardian, 1 May 2002, The Shaftas: full list of awards
- ^ The Guardian, 30 April 2003, Fleet Street's finest honoured
- ^ The Guardian, 28 April 2004, Shaftas honour best of the worst
- ^ Hickman, Martin; Milmo, Cahal (19 July 2011). "Hacking whistleblower Sean Hoare found dead at his home". The Independent. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Blake, Matt (20 July 2011). "Toxicology tests after death of whistleblower will take weeks". The Independent. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ WWM Online http://www.wordswithmeaning.net/2011/07/whistleblower-in-news-corp-phone.html.
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