What 168 year old bowed out of public life in England on Sunday, July
10, 2011 amidst controversial circumstances? While doing so, it even quoted from an essay of English writer George Orwell (supposedly endorsing it) and Jeanne Hobson, a lady from Hampshire (supposedly a long time fan).
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The popular weekly tabloid "News of the World"; no stranger to
relentless controversy, the plug was pulled on the paper after it was
revealed that some of its staffers illegally hacked into phones. The
paper's last edition even pulled out a quote about the paper from
Orwell (out of context), making it seem as if he was a fan.