Murdoch not fit to lead News Corp: British MPs
Irish Sun (IANS) Tuesday 1st May, 2012
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was not fit to "exercise the stewardship" of a major international company like News Corp, British MPs have said.
Parliament's culture committee questioned journalists and bosses at the now-closed News of the World, as well as police and lawyers for hacking victims, BBC reported Tuesday.
After initially claiming that malpractice was limited to one "rogue" reporter at the News of the World, its parent organisation News International has now settled dozens of civil cases admitting liability for hacking between 2001 and 2006.
More than 6,000 possible victims have been identified. Police have made a number of arrests in connection with an investigation reopened in January 2011.
The culture committee report concluded that Murdoch exhibited "wilful blindness" to what was going on in News Corporation.
But the committee was split six to four with Tory members refusing to endorse the report and branding it "partisan", BBC said. Tory MPs objected to the line branding Murdoch "not fit".
News Corp said in a statement it was "carefully reviewing" the report.
"The company fully acknowledges significant wrongdoing at News of the World and apologises to everyone whose privacy was invaded," it said.
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