Rupert Murdoch ‘Not A Fit Person’ to Run Major Company

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Rupert Murdoch “is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company”, British Members of Parliament have said.

The culture committee questioned journalists and bosses at the now-closed News of the World, as well as police and lawyers for hacking victims.

Its report has concluded that Mr Murdoch exhibited “willful blindness” to what was going on in News Corporation.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Paddy O’Connell in London.

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