The revelations coming out by the hour in the U.K. phone-hacking
scandal are breathtaking. What began as supposedly a rogue
operation by a gossip reporter and a private investigator have
now allegedly widened to include many more editors, reporters,
investigators, bribes to police and the shutdown of the best-
selling newspaper in the English language — the News of the
World. (You can get more details from our MediaShift report as
well as on today’s podcast.)  The question is: Who is ultimately
responsible for this scandal? The people who did the hacking,
which was illegal, or their bosses who had knowledge of their
actions? Should top executives at News International be axed?
And what about the police and Parliamentary inquiries that may
have ignored evidence of wrongdoing? Just how far does this
escalate? Share your thoughts in the comments below and vote in
our poll.