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News Corp defends Murdoch

News Corp has defended its chief Rupert Murdoch after a secret recording was released of him heavily criticising the police inquiry into alleged phone hacking at his newspapers. Labour Party chairman Tom Watson has called for police to interview him.

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News Corp: Murdoch showing 'understandable empathy'

Defending Rupert Murdoch's pledge to staff, a spokesman for News Corp told Channel 4 News:

No other company has done as much to identify what went wrong, compensate the victims, and ensure the same mistakes do not happen again.

The unprecedented co-operation granted by News Corp was agreed unanimously by senior management and the board, and the MSC continues to co-operate under the supervision of the courts.

Rupert Murdoch has shown understandable empathy with the staff and families affected and will assume they are innocent until and unless proven guilty.

– News Corp

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