Rupert Murdoch ‘Not A Fit Person’ to Run Major Company
Rupert Murdoch “is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company”, British Members of Parliament have said.
The culture committee questioned journalists and bosses at the now-closed News of the World, as well as police and lawyers for hacking victims.
Its report has concluded that Mr Murdoch exhibited “willful blindness” to what was going on in News Corporation.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Paddy O’Connell in London.
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