Don't call me mafia don: Murdoch

November 11, 2011 14:56

News International boss, James Murdoch, was forced to angrily deny heading a Mafia organisation yesterday as a committee of MPs grilled him for a second time over the News of the World phone-hacking. Murdoch is now fighting for the survival of his family's media dynasty, was adamant that he had not been told the true scale of illegal activity at the now defunct tabloid. More on the Daily Mail.

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