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Thu, 2011-10-20 00:44
Tom Watson told a parliamentary committee Wednesday that he had
acquired "a proxy shareholding vote" ahead of the Friday meeting in
Los Angeles. That means he can try to use the gathering to air criticism of the
company over the conduct of its reporters.
Three criminal inquiries and a host
of reviews are scrutinizing the interception of private voice mail messages and
other shady practices by UK reporters. The phone-hacking revelations horrified
British citizens. News Corp. closed Britain's best-selling Sunday tabloid, The
News of The World, amid the uproar.
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