Wednesday, April 25, 2012

#Leveson : Rupert to advisers in courtroom: "Let's get him to get this fucking thing over with today".

Rupert Murdoch has claimed that Gordon Brown wilfully misled people over a Sun story about the former prime minister's son

• Murdoch said that Brown was "unbalanced" and had declared war on News Corporation
• The News Corp chairman admits he made a mistake over blocking publication of Lord Patten's book on Hong Kong
• Murdoch denies trading favours with Tony Blair, including in runup to Iraq war in March 2003
• The Times should have bought MPs' expenses details and should not have published NightJack story, says Murdoch
• Jeremy Hunt's special adviser Adam Smith has resigned over emails to News Corp over BSkyB deal


http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/25/rupert-murdoch-live-blog?CMP=twt_gu