and the world association of newspapers and news publishers is so worried about the reaction of authorities there to the snowden leaks it is taking the government to tasca. the world association of newspapers and news publishes isn't an organization everyone has heard of but if you live under a government that violates press freedoms it's likely they will have visited to investigate and document now they've sent out another delegation but not to a war torn failed state or dictatorship it's come here to the u.k. to look into international concerns that the government reaction to the guardian publishing edward snowden's revelations on the n.s.a. was way over the top and very worrying for press freedom the paper says its face says to sit out on the threats of legal action and you are the chief executive of the organization that said. you were already concerned about the state of press freedom in the u.k. before the snowden affair up. studying the religious and. we've always as an organization taking care of patients all over the world always concerned about the situation especially in the majo

the authorities response to the guardian newspaper printing leaks from the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden and some suggest three hundred years of press freedom is under threat r.t. or smith investigates. the world association of newspapers and news publishes isn't an organization everyone's heard of but if you live under a government that violates press freedoms it's likely they will have visited to investigate the documents now they've sent out another delegation but not to a war torn failed states or dictatorship it's come here to the u.k. to look into international concerns that the government reaction to the guardian publishing edward snowden's revelations on the n.s.a. was way over the top and very worrying for press freedoms the paper says it's face to sit and the threat of legal action we've always as an organization taking care of patients all over the world always concerned about the situation especially in the. democracy like u.k. where they can be potentially a risk to. creating an exceptional case of interference between the public authorities the state and the freedom of the press but if you since generally speaking. terms to believe. they could bypass the future of professional journalism it'

an alleged voice mail that was intercepted allegedly by "news of the world" with reporters, a now defunct tabloid newspaper most associatedthe allegations of phone hacking in which she left an intimate message on the voice mail of daniel craig, 007. that time she was the girlfriend of another actor jude law so it's become very complicated and salacious. they say his own p.r. put it out there. so it's all very complicated and salacious. but it's focusing attention on these very sometimes illegal methods in which the tabloids in this country made it a news gathering. >> it's been a huge story and a lot of people implicated and hurt by what went on with those tabloid tactics. i'm curious, matthew. you live there. i haven't lived there since the early '90s. those tabloids were famous just for the benefit of the americans for their tackiness and their intrusions into private lives. how has all of this changed how tabloids behave now? >> reporter: you're absolutely right. i mean it's beening are astonishing the way in which the british tabloid press has been so vigorous in chasing down sort of the inty mat secrets of people in