Breaking
education newsA 42-year old Science and ICT tutor of the T I Ahamadiya Senior High School in K.. 4
politics newsJoe Biden just took the oath of office. He was sworn in by Chief Supreme Court J.. 47
extra newsTwitter has suspended President Donald Trump from its platform, the company said.. 39
extra newsFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post that the social media giant was bann.. 73
politics newsThis was after he beat Professor Aaron Mike Quaye, the Speaker of the Seventh Pa.. 68
politics newsNana Akufo-Addo took the Presidential Oath and the Oath of Allegiance administer.. 70
  • Photo Gallery
  • Contact us
  • Login
  • Covid19 Cases
  • Confirmed
  • Deaths
  • Recovered
  • Recovery(%)
Weather Ghana, °C
392 954 118 1.9k
Show Menu
  • Home
  • News
    • Financial
    • Business
    • Social
    • Extra
    • Politics
    • Health
    • Education
    • Opinion
    • Religion
    • Science
    • Technology
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Gossip
  • Institutions
  • Blogs
  • Classifieds
    • Events
    • Auto
    • Real Estate
    • Announcement
  • Lifestyle
    • Gadgets
    • Recipes
  • Ghana
    • eDocuments
  • Jobs
  • Contact us

Murdoch attacked by protester at UK hearing

19 Jul 2011 1135 news, extra

Rupert Murdoch, his son James and wife Wendi (centre) at the committee hearing


A protester lunged at media tycoon Rupert Murdoch during a committee hearing in the British parliament into the phone hacking scandal that has shaken his corporation, the police and the government. The chairman of media conglomerate News Corp. and his son James, who heads the company's British arm, were appearing before MPs of the media select committee in London on Tuesday. The committee hearing was suspended for a time when the man rushed forward from the public gallery wielding a pie made of shaving foam. He was fought off by a group of people including Mr Murdoch's wife Wendi, who leapt up and hit the man. Rupert and James Murdoch were called to answer questions about employees of the News of the World newspaper hacking into the phone accounts of thousands of people, and accusations that the paper paid police officers for information. James Murdoch told the MPs that the phone hacking episode had been one of great shame for the organisation. "I would like to say just how sorry I am, and how sorry we are, to particularly the victims of illegal voicemail interceptions and to their families." Rupert Murdoch told the hearing he was not responsible for the scandal and and unaware of the extent of the phone hacking. Mr Murdoch said he was let down by people he trusted and has not considered resigning. "I think they behaved disgracefully - betrayed the company and me - and it's for them to pay." He told MPs it was the most humble day of his life and later said he was shocked, appalled and ashamed when he read two weeks ago of the case of murdered teenager, Milly Dowler, whose voicemail messages had been hacked into. Mr Murdoch said he and his executives decided to close the News of the World tabloid because the paper had lost the trust of its readers. Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of the British arm of Mr Murdoch's company, News International, is also being questioned about the scandal. In a separate parliamentary hearing, Sir Paul Stephenson, who resigned as the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, and John Yates, who quit as assistant commissioner, will face searching questions over the Met's failure to get to the bottom of what was going on. They will be followed by the Met's director of public affairs, Dick Fedorcio.




Source: www.radionz.co.nz



Prev article
Next article

0 Comments

view all comments

Related

extra news

Trump banned from Facebook indefinitely, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says 73

extra news

Twitter bans President Trump permanently 39

extra news

US Hospitals Getting Paid More to Label Cause of Death as ‘Coronavirus’ 318

extra news

US Navy captain fired over leaked coronavirus warning letter has reportedly tested positive 57

extra news

Coronavirus: Trump asks medical supply firm 3M to stop selling N95 respirators to Canada 52

Gadget Reviews

Bevy photo-sharing device 222

Gadget Votes: 1 |5 out of 5
1/7/2016

Samsung's Family Hub Fridge 263

Gadget Votes: 1 |5 out of 5
1/7/2016

oombrella 250

Gadget Votes: 1 |3 out of 5
1/29/2016
View more articles

Tag Cloud

social politics business opinion sports education health technology religion extra science Classifieds Jobs

Photo Gallery

Send Email

Write a Comment


Resident Manager

All Ghana Data, P. O. Box Ah 9182, Ahinsan, Ashanti, Ghana
+233 27 872 7027
i-desk@allghanadata.com

Popular Articles

Idris Elba almost died in Ghana466

27 Nov 2015

Lucky Dube’s Daughter To Rock Ghana1686

16 Nov 2011
View more articles

Popular Categories

  • news
  • institutions
  • entertainment
  • blogs
  • recipes
  • classifieds

Random Selfies Feed

View Gallery
  • Home
  • Privacy
  • Classifieds
  • Lifestyle
  • Jobs
  • Sitemap
  • Contact us

©Copyright 2002-2021 All Ghana Data All Rights Reserved | Powered by SASCMS