Murdoch rejects responsibility for wiretapping scandal
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his son James gave evidence to a parliamentary committee on Tuesday in the wiretapping scandal surrounding the now defunct British tabloid News of the World.
"This is the most humbling day of my life," said Rupert Murdoch at the start of the hearing before the Media Committee in the House of Commons in London. The public hearing, which was broadcast live on television, is one of the most sensational hearings ever held by a parliamentary committee.
Murdoch rejected any responsibility for the wiretapping scandal at his British newspapers. He had also seen no evidence that victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the USA had been wiretapped by journalists. Nor did he assume that the US Federal Police had such evidence. The News of the World had been shut down because of the allegations against the newspaper.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has reacted to the wiretapping affair at the British scandal newspaper News of the World as "quickly and transparently" as possible, Rupert Murdoch and his son James went on to say. The two entrepreneurs reacted dismissively to many questions.
The News of the World accounted for less than one percent of the group, said the 80-year-old media czar. Most of the cases did not even reach the threshold of the Murdochs being involved, added his son James. When the company management became aware of the case of the spied on actress Sienna Miller in 2010, they immediately informed the police and initiated further investigations.
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