Bad - and worse?

Can't get away from this 'phone-hacking business can you?  Mind you, that to me is not the most serious aspect of the revelations that are coming out virtually daily at present.  After all, newspapers have engaged in dubious - if not downright illegal - practices in order to get one over on their rivals since forever.  Doesn't make it right, but it really shouldn't surprise us that much.  What concerns me far more is the allegation that the police - or some members of the police - are prepared to accept money for information.  We have always prided ourselves on being one of the few countries in the world with an incorruptible police force, and if as a result of the current hoo-hah this proves not to be so, that for me would be a matter of major concern.