The Leveson Inquiry

I really do not understand the point of the Leveson Inquiry. Phone hacking is illegal as is the long established habit, going way back before mobile phones were ever invented, of policemen selling gossip about miscreant celebrities to newspapers. These are matters properly dealt with in the criminal courts and where damage has been suffered in the civil courts as well. The amount being paid out to buffoons like Prescott is way over the top though. Even a penny damages would be too much. Who frankly cares about 99% of the information gleaned from hacking and published in this or that newspaper. All such information is of a here today gone tomorrow type about nonentities with an over inflated idea of theyr importance. The only hacking which could have caused real damage were those into Milly Dowler's voicemail but despite the claims of some we now learn that the hackers did not after all delete any of her messages. So no damage  was done here either however abhorrent the fact of the hacking in such circumstances were. What does matter though is the nasty taste left in the mouth by the testimony of some journalists denying knowledge of hacking despite other witnesses basically but not specifically contradicting such testimony. Even this contradiction is of no moment and irrelevant anyway. From all the evidence Leveson has heard and is due to hear the only thing he can say is what all of us have known about the press and celebrities, journalists love to make up stories and celebrities love to be in the limelight. It would be extremely dangerous though for Leveson to recommend regulation of the industry in any manner and even more dangerous if the government were to bring in press legislation. As this is extremely unlikely I repeat what I said at the beginning, I do not understand the point of the Leveson Inquiry. What is a disgrace is the BBC cover up of the alleged child abuse by Jimmy Savile. I first heard stories alleging Jimmy Savile was an abuser whilst he was still alive. Supposedly the police had decided not to prosecute him as he did so much for children's charities.