Murdoch says 'someone took charge of a cover-up'

Rupert Murdoch said that there was a "cover up" over phone hacking at the News of the World tabloid but that it was kept hidden from him and senior executives in his media empire.

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"There's no question in my mind that, maybe even the editor but beyond that, someone took charge of a cover-up which we were victim to and I regret that," the News Corp. boss told a press ethics inquiry in Britain.

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Published 26 April 2012 8:07pm

Updated 26 August 2013 10:48am

Source: AFP

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