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Rupert Murdoch appears before the Leveson Inquiry, following his son James’ appearance yesterday which unearthed evidence that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt ‘secretly supported’ News Corp’s bid for BSkyB. Mr Murdoch Snr is due to take the stand today from 10am to 4.30pm and on Thursday. We’ll be live blogging all the action here and you can have your say on the day’s events as they unfold in the box below.
Gary Gibbon
Jeremy Hunt’s defence must be that it wasn’t him that was in direct contact with the Murdoch team but his Special Adviser Adam Smith and the Mr Smith wasn’t representing his real thoughts.
James Murdoch appears before the Leveson Inquiry today, ahead of his father Rupert who will give evidence for two days on Wednesday and Thursday. Murdoch Jnr is due up before the Inquiry between 10am and 4.30pm. We’ll be live blogging all the action here and you can have your say on the day’s events as they unfold in the box below.
Jeremy Hunt comes under pressure to resign after James Murdoch tells the Leveson inquiry the culture secretary secretly supported News Corporation’s BSkyB bid and leaked information to the Murdochs.
Editors of The Sun, past and present, tell the Leveson inquiry of a changed tabloid culture, as one witness to the inquiry tells Channel 4 News why she disputes Kelvin MacKenzie’s “moral relativism”.
On the third day of the Leveson inquiry Mark Lewis, the solicitor who represents alleged victims of phone hacking, has been giving evidence.
As the Leveson inquiry hears evidence from people who say their lives have been destroyed by dubious newspaper practices, Channel 4 News examines a changing media landscape.
Dozens of alleged phone hacking victims, including Milly Dowler’s parents and Harry Potter creator JK Rowling, are named as “core participants” in the first stage of the inquiry into the scandal.
