Editing Rupert Murdoch (section)

== News International phone hacking scandal ==
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In July 2011, Murdoch, along with his youngest son [[James Murdoch (media executive)|James]], provided testimony before a [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British parliamentary]] committee regarding phone hacking. In the UK, his media empire came under fire, as investigators probed reports of 2011 phone hacking.<ref name="cnnaug">{{cite news |url=http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/16/murdoch-pie-thrower-reportedly-blogging-from-prison/?hpt=hp_t1 |title=CC Murdoch pie thrower reportedly blogging from prison |publisher=CNN |date=16 August 2011 |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-date=14 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114094826/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/16/murdoch-pie-thrower-reportedly-blogging-from-prison/?hpt=hp_t1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 14 July 2011 the [[Culture, Media and Sport Committee]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] served a [[summons]] on Murdoch, his son James, and his former CEO [[Rebekah Brooks]] to testify before a committee five days later.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-12/news-corp-s-murdoch-faces-six-u-k-inquiries-as-parliament-seeks-hearing.html|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=24 July 2011|title=News Corp.'s Murdoch Faces Six U.K. Inquiries as Parliament Seeks Hearing|date=13 July 2011|first1=Lindsay|last1=Fortado|first2=Thomas|last2=Penny|archive-date=16 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716172810/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-12/news-corp-s-murdoch-faces-six-u-k-inquiries-as-parliament-seeks-hearing.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After an initial refusal, the Murdochs confirmed they would attend, after the committee issued them a summons to Parliament.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14148658 |title=Phone hacking: Murdochs agree to appear before MPs |publisher=BBC |date=14 July 2011 |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-date=19 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319073226/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14148658 |url-status=live }}</ref> The day before the committee, the website of the News Corporation publication ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' was hacked, and a false story was posted on the front page claiming that Murdoch had died.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rovzar|first=Chris|title=Website of Murdoch's Sun Hacked|url=https://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/07/website_of_murdochs_sun_hacked.html|access-date=18 July 2011|newspaper=[[New York Magazine]]|date=18 July 2011|agency=New York Media Holdings|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721104502/http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/07/website_of_murdochs_sun_hacked.html|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=live|location=New York City}}</ref> Murdoch described the day of the committee "the most humble day of my life". He argued that since he ran a global business of 53,000 employees and that ''News of the World'' was "just 1%" of this, he was not ultimately responsible for what went on at the tabloid. He added that he had not considered resigning,<ref name=BBC14195259>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14195259|title=Phone hacking: 'Humbled' Murdoch rejects blame|work=BBC News|date=19 July 2011|access-date=19 July 2011|archive-date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719112144/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14195259|url-status=live}}</ref> and that he and the other top executives had been completely unaware of the hacking.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/19/live-blog-police-murdoch-brooks-to-testify-in-phone-hacking-scandal/|title=Murdochs, Brooks, Police testify in phone-hacking scandal|date=19 July 2011|work=CNN|access-date=19 July 2011|archive-date=20 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720022238/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/19/live-blog-police-murdoch-brooks-to-testify-in-phone-hacking-scandal/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/world/europe/20hacking.html|title=Murdochs Say Top Executives Didn't Know of Phone Hacking|date=19 July 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=19 July 2011|first=Sarah|last=Lyall|archive-date=21 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721080340/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/world/europe/20hacking.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 15 July, Murdoch attended a private meeting in London with the family of [[Milly Dowler]], where he personally apologised for the hacking of their murdered daughter's voicemail by a company he owns.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14170756 |title=Rupert Murdoch 'sorry' in newspaper adverts |work=BBC News |date=16 July 2011 |access-date=16 July 2011 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716112211/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14170756 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite news |author=Lisa O' Carroll |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/16/rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking-apology?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Rupert Murdoch's public acts of contrition |work=The Guardian |date=16 July 2011 |access-date=24 April 2012 |location=London |archive-date=19 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219132027/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/16/rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking-apology?INTCMP=SRCH |url-status=live }}</ref> On 16 and 17 July, News International published two full-page apologies in many of Britain's national newspapers. The first apology took the form of a letter, signed by Murdoch, in which he said sorry for the "serious wrongdoing" that occurred. The second was titled "Putting right what's gone wrong", and gave more detail about the steps News International was taking to address the public's concerns.<ref name="guardian.co.uk" /> In the wake of the allegations, Murdoch accepted the resignations of Brooks and [[Les Hinton]], head of Dow Jones who was chairman of Murdoch's British newspaper division when some of the abuses happened. They both deny any knowledge of any wrongdoing under their command.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110715/WIRE/110719709 |title=Wall Street Journal publisher resigns |work=Herald Tribune |date=15 July 2011 |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009041706/http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110715/WIRE/110719709 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 27 February 2012, the day after the first issue of ''The Sun on Sunday'' was published, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers informed the [[Leveson Inquiry]] that police are investigating a "network of corrupt officials" as part of their inquiries into phone hacking and police corruption. She said that evidence suggested a "culture of illegal payments" at ''The Sun'' and that these payments allegedly made by ''The Sun'' were authorised at a senior level.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17173438|title=Leveson Inquiry: Evidence suggests 'network of corrupt officials'|work=BBC News|date=27 February 2012|access-date=27 February 2012|archive-date=27 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227024830/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17173438|url-status=live}}</ref>

In testimony on 25 April, Murdoch did not deny the quote attributed to him by his former editor of ''The Sunday Times'', [[Harold Evans]]: "I give instructions to my editors all round the world, why shouldn't I in London?"<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/apr/26/what-rupert-murdoch-hasnt-read |title= Just what hasn't Rupert Murdoch read? |first= Helen |last= Pidd |date= 26 April 2012 |work= The Guardian |access-date= 21 April 2012 |location= London |archive-date= 19 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131219130948/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/apr/26/what-rupert-murdoch-hasnt-read |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Transcript-of-Morning-Hearing-25-April-2012.txt |title= Transcript of Morning Hearing 25 April 2012 |publisher= The Leveson Inquiry |page= 33 |access-date= 26 April 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120803195652/http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Transcript-of-Morning-Hearing-25-April-2012.txt |archive-date= 3 August 2012 |url-status=unfit }}<br />'''Robert Jay QC''': This is 4 March 1983. You apparently said this: "I give instruction to my editors all round the world, why shouldn't I in London?" Do you remember saying that?<br />'''Murdoch''': No, I don't.</ref> On 1 May 2012, the [[Culture, Media and Sport Committee]] issued a report stating that Murdoch was "not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/may/02/phone-hacking-mps-clash-murdoch|title=Phone-hacking: MPs clash over when Murdoch criticisms were discussed|access-date=1 May 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 May 2012|location=London|first1=Patrick|last1=Wintour|first2=Dan|last2=Sabbagh|first3=Josh|last3=Halliday|archive-date=5 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105230202/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/may/02/phone-hacking-mps-clash-murdoch|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17898029|title=Rupert Murdoch 'not a fit person' to lead News Corp – MPs|work=BBC News|date=1 May 2012|access-date=2 May 2012|archive-date=2 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502004423/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17898029|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 3 July 2013, the [[Exaro]] website and ''[[Channel 4 News]]'' broke the story of a secret recording. This was recorded by ''The Sun'' journalists, and in it Murdoch can be heard telling them that the whole investigation was one big fuss over nothing, and that he, or his successors, would take care of any journalists who went to prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.exaronews.com/articles/5026/transcript-rupert-murdoch-recorded-at-meeting-with-sun-staff|title=Transcript: Rupert Murdoch recorded at meeting with Sun staff|work=Exaro|date=3 July 2013|access-date=3 July 2013|archive-date=3 July 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703190429/http://www.exaronews.com/articles/5026/transcript-rupert-murdoch-recorded-at-meeting-with-sun-staff|url-status=live}}</ref> He said: "Why are the police behaving in this way? It's the biggest inquiry ever, over next to nothing."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/murdoch-rupert-police-news-of-the-world-journalists|title=Revealed: The Rupert Murdoch tape |work=Channel 4 News|date=3 July 2013|access-date=3 July 2013}}</ref>