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.
The secret recording, broadcast this evening by Channel 4 News, hears Rupert Murdoch apparently railing at the the way the police behaved in arresting his journalists.
"Still, I mean, it's a disgrace. Here we are, two years later, and the cops are totally incompetent," he is heard saying, adding: "The idea that the cops then started coming after you, kick you out of bed, and your families, at six in the morning, is unbelievable."
He also is heard saying: "But why are the police behaving in this way? It's the biggest inquiry ever, over next to nothing."
Mr Murdoch is heard adding: "And now they're arresting their own, who never even took money... They're going to put all newspapers out of business."
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