Last week James Murdoch was endorsed by the board of BSkyB to stay on as the broadcaster’s chairman.
He then immediately faced a new push for him to make a repeat appearance before British MPs probing the News of the World phone hacking scandal.
In the days since Murdoch’s initial appearance before the British Parliamentary Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport his evidence has been disputed by the last editor and former chief lawyer of the defunct NotW. The committee has voted against an immediate recall of Murdoch but will likely recall him after they receive written answers to new questions that have been sent to him and the two former executives.
We suggest that the committee keep this handy card on hand to refer back to James’ original evidence.
Poet and Crikey reader Hal Judge presents James Murdoch’s oral evidence, edited (some may say hacked) for the purposes of brevity, illumination and prose …
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