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Murdoch Tweets Attack Aussie Malpractice Allegations
- The Drum, Friday, March 30, 2012 3 AM
Railing against “lies and libels” by “old toffs and right wingers” stuck in the last century, media mogul Rupert Murdoch took to Twitter after the Australian Financial Review accused News Corp of sabotaging competitors, which led to calls for the case to be referred to Federal police. It follows similar accusations in the UK, where his firm is accused of hacking rivals ITV Digital and posting access codes online. It was later reported in The Australian that the AFR would not be passing evidence to the police.
