News Corp. says it is studying a report from a panel of British
lawmakers that Rupert Murdoch “exhibited willful blindness” toward
illegal phone hacking at the News of the World tabloid and that he "is
not a fit person" to head a major international company.
The company said in a statement Tuesday morning, in responding to the scathing findings, that it “acknowledges significant wrongdoing at News of the World and apologizes to everyone whose privacy was invaded."
The panel stated that James Murdoch, the news tycoon’s son, showed poor leadership in failing to get to the bottom of the hacking scandal. Yet the lawmakers said that neither of the Murdochs had lied to Parliament about their knowledge of the extent of the problem.
But three other senior executives at News Corp. and the now-defunct News of the World -– including Les Hinton, one of Rupert Murdoch’s closest associates -– did mislead Parliament about how widespread the practice of snooping into cellphones was, the report said.
News International, News Corp.'s British arm, as a whole tried to hide the problem, suppressing documents and making statements to Parliament that were not completely truthful, according to the report.
"Their instinct throughout, until it was too late, was to cover up rather than seek out wrongdoing and discipline the perpetrators," the report said.
Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/05/rupert-murdoch-not-a-fit-person.html
The company said in a statement Tuesday morning, in responding to the scathing findings, that it “acknowledges significant wrongdoing at News of the World and apologizes to everyone whose privacy was invaded."
The panel stated that James Murdoch, the news tycoon’s son, showed poor leadership in failing to get to the bottom of the hacking scandal. Yet the lawmakers said that neither of the Murdochs had lied to Parliament about their knowledge of the extent of the problem.
But three other senior executives at News Corp. and the now-defunct News of the World -– including Les Hinton, one of Rupert Murdoch’s closest associates -– did mislead Parliament about how widespread the practice of snooping into cellphones was, the report said.
News International, News Corp.'s British arm, as a whole tried to hide the problem, suppressing documents and making statements to Parliament that were not completely truthful, according to the report.
"Their instinct throughout, until it was too late, was to cover up rather than seek out wrongdoing and discipline the perpetrators," the report said.
Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2012/05/rupert-murdoch-not-a-fit-person.html
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