Topic: Leveson Inquiry

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Aug 23, 2012

How U.K. Tabloids Are Getting Around Prince Harry's Nudity Warning

The only place where news outlets could possibly get in real trouble for printing those naked pictures of Prince Harry is in the U.K., where royal officials have warned the press not to print them. Not to be deterred, those papers are printing stories based on pictures which they can't run.  

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By Dashiell Bennett

Jun 14, 2012

Prime Minister David Cameron Testifies Before Media Inquiry

Prime Minister David Cameron testified before the Leveson Inquiry today, an investigation he helped launched to look into media ethics and the News Corp. phone hacking scandal.

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By Adam Martin

Jun 11, 2012

Gordon Brown Says He Never Made 'Unbalanced' Call to Rupert Murdoch

In his testimony before the Leveson Inquiry on Monday, former British prime minister Gordon Brown denied ever having a phone call in which he allegedly threatened Rupert Murdoch, essentially accusing Murdoch of lying under oath.

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By Connor Simpson

May 28, 2012

Tony Blair Can't Escape the Iraq War

A man was able to break into Tony Blair's session with the Leveson Inquiry on Monday and accuse him of committing war crimes in Iraq and getting paid millions of dollars by JPMorgan Chase.

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By Adam Martin

May 23, 2012

Piers Morgan: Phone-Hacking Tutor

It sounds a little like Piers Morgan wanted to one-up fellow journalists when his dinner conversation 10 years ago turned into an explanation of how to hack someone's voicemail.

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By Adam Martin

May 17, 2012

Harold Evans: Murdoch 'Had His Heart Removed Long Ago'

Sir Harold Evans, onetime editor of the Times of London, has been given a chance to vent about his former boss, Rupert Murdoch, at the Leveson Inquiry and he is pulling no punches, all but blaming the Australian magnate for the death of U.K. journalism.

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By Jen Doll

May 15, 2012

Rebekah Brooks and Ina Drew: When Women in Power Are Punished

What does Ina Drew, former J.P. Morgan executive at the center of the bank's recent loss, have in common with Rebekah Brooks?

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By Connor Simpson

May 12, 2012

The Axe Could Be Falling on Jeremy Hunt

If anyone is going to lose their job over the Leveson Inquiry, it's looking more and more like it's going to be culture secretary Jeremy Hunt.

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By Adam Martin

May 11, 2012

LOL: David Cameron Is a Terrible Texter

As the focus of the Leveson Inquiry shifts from phone hacking to the relationship between journalists and politicians, former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks described a friendly relationship with David Cameron that also sounded pretty awkward.

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By Adam Martin

May 10, 2012

Andy Coulson Just Wants to Talk About Sports

Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who also served as British Prime Minister David Cameron's communications director, is giving testimony in the Leveson Inquiry, where he's very good at avoiding substantive answers.

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By Connor Simpson

Apr 29, 2012

David Cameron Didn't Make a Deal with the Murdochs

David Cameron went on the defensive against speculation that he conspired with James and Rupert Murdoch over their proposed take over of BSkyB last year.

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By John Hudson

Apr 26, 2012

Rupert Murdoch the Media Critic

In today's testimony at the Leveson inquiry, News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged there was a "cover-up" to shield the rampant phone-hacking taking place at his British newspapers. But his day of testimony before the Leveson Inquiry was also an opportunity to learn how the media mogul views his changing industry.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Apr 25, 2012

Leveson Inquiry Reveals Murdoch and Gordon Brown's 'War'

Today's chapter of the Leveson Inquiry has proven that it's not just papers that Rupert Murdoch likes to start "wars" with (we knew that), but what we didn't know was that even British Prime Ministers aren't immune from picking fights our favorite media warmonger

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By Adam Martin

Apr 24, 2012

Is Rupert Murdoch About to Take Down David Cameron?

As James Murdoch's Tuesday testimony before the Leveson Inquiry gives way to Rupert Murdoch's on Wednesday, the UK press is salivating over the notion that David Cameron coordinated with the Murdochs on their takeover of BSkyB before he became prime minister.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 24, 2012

Everything the Leveson Inquiry Knows About James Murdoch

The evidence submitted to the Leveson Inquiry about James Murdoch went online Tuesday, and if you're so inclined, you can browse through the PDFs at your leisure. [Leveson Inquiry]

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By Adam Martin

Apr 24, 2012

James Murdoch Still Pinning Phone Hacking on Subordinates

In portraying himself as an innocent party to whatever wrongdoing might have been going on at the newspapers he oversaw at News International, James Murdoch pleaded ignorance of both phone hacking and political influencing during his Leveson testimony.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 23, 2012

Get Ready for a Big Week in News International Hacking Drama

U.K. regulators have opened an investigation into Sky News ahead of testimony from both Rupert and James Murdoch in the Leveson inquiry.

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By Adam Martin

Mar 22, 2012

1966 Memo: 'No Member of the Daily Mail Invents Quotes'

The Daily Mail gets criticized and even sued from time to time for incorrectly reporting facts and fabricating or misattributing quotes in its stories. It used to have a policy against that.

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By Adam Martin

Mar 1, 2012

Rupert Murdoch May Appear at the Leveson Inquiry

Rupert Murdoch may not be finished testifying before British authorities in the investigation into unethical behavior at his publications, Reuters reports.

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By Adam Martin

Feb 13, 2012

Nobody's Buying the Sun's Victim Routine

Amid the apologies and lame excuses that have characterized the British Leveson Inquiry into press ethics, the Sun's former political editor Trevor Kavanagh has finally fought back on the paper's behalf calling the police investigations into journalists a "witch hunt," but nobody's buying the victim routine.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 20, 2011

Piers Morgan Makes an Excellent, Evasive Witness

Former News of the World editor and current CNN talk show host Piers Morgan looked nervous during his appearance testifying about phone hacking before the Leveson Inquiry on Tuesday.

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