James Murdoch Says Former News Corp. Executives Misled Parliament

Denies he saw incriminating email

James Murdoch has contradicted the testimony of two former News of the World executives who previously countered Murdoch’s own testimony that he did not know about the pervasiveness of phone hacking at the now-defunct newspaper.

On Thursday, Murdoch once again testified before Parliament, taking a strong position against the September testimony of Tom Crone, former legal manager of News of the World, and Colin Myler, a former editor at the newspaper. On Sept. 6, Crone and Myler told Parliament that they were "certain" they told Murdoch about a 2005 email that indicated phone hacking was not limited to only one reporter and was more widespread at the tabloid.

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