Scotland's Deputy First Minister has said there was "emphatically and unequivocally" no link between Alex Salmond's discussions with News Corporation over proposals to take over BSkyB, and the Scottish Sun newspaper's decision to back the SNP.

Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, Nicola Sturgeon also said the failure to disclose a meeting between the First Minister and Rupert Murdoch which took place four years ago was a mistake.

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