Rupert Murdoch is not fit to run a major international company and turned a blind eye to the running of his newspaper empire while phone hacking was taking place, MPs have found.
Rupert Murdoch is not fit to run a major international company and turned a blind eye to the running of his newspaper empire while phone hacking was taking place, MPs have found.
PRESSURE: News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch with Andy Coulson, former News of The World editor, and Rebekah Brooks, former editor of The Sun. Picture: Getty Images
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Kate Devlin UK Political Correspondent
The News Corporation chairman, whose media empire published the News of the World, was guilty of wilful blindness as News Corp sought to cover up wrongdoing, according to a report into the scandal by the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
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