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British Lawmaker Demands Murdoch Faces Parliament

  • AP/Yahoo, Monday, September 13, 2010 12:02 AM
British legislators authorized a sweeping inquiry Thursday into illicit snooping on politicians and celebrities by tabloids, as one lawmaker called for media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to testify over allegations one of his newspapers illegally hacked into cell phones. Tom Watson, a former Cabinet Office minister and opposition Labour party lawmaker, said Murdoch, the CEO of News Corp., should be asked to explain the actions of reporters and editors at the News of The World.

Lawmakers agreed that Parliament's Standards and Privileges committee would hold hearings into claims that illegal methods to gather personal information on high-profile figures have been used throughout the British media. Claims that have brought into question the position of the newspaper's ex-editor Andy Coulson, who is now Prime Minister David Cameron's communications director.

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