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News Corporation bosses Rupert and James Murdoch, and former executive Rebekah Brooks, are set to be quizzed by MPs over the phone-hacking scandal.
When Peter Mandelson was on the brink of resigning from government the first time many people wondered how a man so expert at public relations and political instincts seemed to have so little understanding of his own position. So it seems with the Murdochs and News Corp. A family and corporation so expert at communication, at capturing what the public wants and feels seems to have taken almost every wrong step possible handling the crisis.
David Cameron says he would have accepted the resignation of News International’s Rebekah Brooks, and takes “full responsibility” for hiring Andy Coulson who has been arrested.
Gary Gibbon
Our Political Editor says it’s not just the News of the World being put on the spot over phone-hacking. MPs are also asking questions about the police handling of the inquiry.
The acquittals of Rebekah Brooks and five other defendants at the phone hacking trial was good news for Rupert Murdoch. But what, asks Martin Hickman, is the longer-term outlook for his global empire?
Gary Gibbon
Tony Blair’s reported words of comfort and advice to Rebekah Brooks just as the News of the World had been accused of hacking into Millie Dowler’s phone will make some feel pretty squeamish.
From David Cameron’s private birthday party to what Rebekah Brooks thought about Andy Coulson’s government job: here’s the five things you need to know about week five of the phone-hacking trial.
Jury sworn in, four defendants plead guilty to phone-hacking and a love letter from Rebekah Brooks to Andy Coulson read out in court: Channel 4 News has the weekly phone-hacking trial round-up.
Gary Gibbon
The high point for drama so far was Robert Jay asking David Cameron this morning if, before the election, he’d seen Rebekah Brooks every weekend he was at his country home. He had to think long and hard before saying it probably wasn’t every weekend.
Gary Gibbon
A more snappish Rupert Murdoch in evidence at Leveson today. The man who said yesterday that anyone in public life was fair game for media attention today complains about being harrassed by snappers and reporters when he left his home beside Rebekah Brooks last year.
Sara Payne, the mother of a murdered child, is the latest alleged victim of phone hacking. As Rebekah Brooks calls the claim “abhorrent”, MP Chris Bryant tells Channel 4 News that’s “utter hypocrisy”.
David Cameron’s new rules on transparency were rushed in on the same day Rebekah Brooks quit. The PM slung out the details of his meetings with media moguls, leaving Ed Miliband racing to match his new spirit of openness. And today we are treated, for the first time in British history, to details of who all the ministers are busy meeting (see full list on Number 10’s website).
The appearance of Rupert Murdoch, his son James and Rebekah Brooks before MPs is the subject of intense media interest around the globe.
The mogul was “humbled” and held his head in his hands as he apologised to the Dowlers. In another dramatic day in the phone hacking scandal, Rebekah Brooks has resigned from News International.
Jon Snow
Rebekah Brooks or no, James Murdoch or no, anti-takeover-MPs or no, Rupert Murdoch will do whatever it takes to clinch the BSkyB deal. And history suggests he’s got a very good shot, writes Jon Snow.