Top of the Hour: Rebekah Brooks Resigns From News Corp., Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

Rebekah Brooks, the embattled chief executive of News International, News Corporation’s British newspaper subsidiary, resigned this morning, succumbing to public and political pressure in the wake of the News of the World  hacking scandal. Paul Farrelly, a Labour member of Parliament, reacts to this latest development.

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