Murdochs agree to give evidence

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/murdochs-agree-to-give-evidence-2313479.html

Rupert Murdoch and his son James today bowed to pressure from MPs and agreed to give evidence next week to a Commons committee investigating the phone-hacking scandal.

A News Corporation spokesperson said: "We are in the process of writing to the select committee with the intention that Mr James Murdoch and Mr Rupert Murdoch will attend next Tuesday's meeting."

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The decision that they will now give evidence - on the final day before the Commons breaks for the summer - was welcomed by committee chairman John Whittingdale.

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"They will be appearing before a parliamentary committee so I would hope they would take it seriously and they will give us the answers that not just we want to hear but I think an awful lot of people will want to hear."



Gillard's statements on media ethics
http://www.smh.com.au/national/ninth-arrest-in-hacking-scandal-and-gillard-has-some-media-advice-20110714-1hg58.html

''Don't write crap … Can't be that hard,'' she said.
''And when you have written complete crap, then I think you should correct it.''