UK Panel: Rupert Murdoch is 'Not Fit' to Run Media Empire

The months of phone hacking investigations have concluded, and the result is this: Rupert Murdoch has done a lot of bad things. And that’s just us being nice. The report gathered by the British panel had a lot worse language in it.

Some choice cuts, according to The Guardian and The New York Times:

  • “On the basis of the facts and evidence before the committee, we conclude that, if at all relevant times Rupert Murdoch did not take steps to become fully informed about phone hacking, he turned a blind eye and exhibited willful blindness to what was going on in his companies and publications”

  • The scandal “speaks volumes about the lack of effective corporate governance at News Corporation and News International”
  • James Murdoch displayed “willful ignorance”
  • “Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company”
  • Les Hinton, Colin Myler, and Tom Crone all misled...
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