Critics have viewed each
damage control measure skeptically. They called the closure of News of the World a cynical bid to salvage the BSkyB acquisition, predicting News Corp. would simply open a new Sunday version of
the Sun tabloid in its place. Abandoning the BSkyB deal was just an attempt to preserve the chance to try again not too far down the road, they charge. Now News Corp. is hoping that another
sacrifice -- Brooks -- will quell the story.
Meantime, Murdoch, his son James and Brooks have agreed to testify before Parliament.