- LONDON: Rupert Murdoch’s powerful UK news arm reversed course and admitted its role in a long-running phone hacking scandal that had thrown into question the Prime Minister’s judgment and threatened Murdoch’s biggest ever deal.
News International, parent company of Britain’s top-selling News of the World tabloid, had always vigorously denied it knew journalists were hacking the phones of members of the royal family, politicians, celebrities and sports stars, and blamed a handful of “rogue reporters” for the scandal.
