News of the World Whistleblower Dies

The World

Anchor Lisa Mullins hears from the BBC’s Michael Buchanan about the untimely death of former News of the World reporter, Sean Hoare, Monday. Hoare helped blow the whistle on the phone-hacking scandal.

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