James Murdoch under fire as hacking claims widen

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Source: Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse

James Murdoch was under pressure Saturday over the extent of his knowledge of Britain's phone-hacking scandal as accusations of tabloid wrongdoing spread beyond the felled News of the World.

Prime Minister David Cameron, facing a rough ride over his appointment of former NotW editor Andy Coulson as his media chief, said Murdoch had "questions to answer" over claims of misleading parliament on the affair.

James Murdoch, the chairman of News International, the British newspaper division of his father Rupert's News Corporation global media empire, has been challenged over evidence he gave before parliament's media scrutiny committee on Tuesday.

A lawmaker has referred James Murdoch's testimony to the police. He is standing by his evidence.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/23/james-murdoch-under-fire-as-hacking-claims-widen/

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1. As per usual Rawstory a few days out of date.

I sometimes wonder if they just browse here on DU and then repost.