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    James Murdoch: 'I could have asked more questions'

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    News Corp executive James Murdoch has acknowledged that he could have done more to get to grips with the phone hacking scandal that has rocked Britain and threatened his place as the likely heir to his father's global media empire.

    Murdoch's admission came on Wednesday in a seven-page letter written to British parliamentarians investigating the scandal. In it, the 39-year-old repeated his insistence that he didn't know the extent of the illegal behavior at his now-defunct News of the World tabloid newspaper, saying that the details had been hidden from him by members of his staff.

    "It would have been better if I had asked more questions," Murdoch told the House of Commons' media committee. "However the truth is that incomplete answers and what now appear to be false assurances were given to the questions that I asked."

    Murdoch has already appeared twice before lawmakers, who grilled him in detail about what he knew about the phone hacking scandal and alleged attempts to conceal evidence of illegal activity.

    Murdoch was the one who signed off on a substantial settlement to one of the first known victims of the practice. The company's former in-house lawyer has said the payoff was aimed at keeping a lid on the scandal, but Murdoch says he had no knowledge of wider wrongdoing and was merely following expert advice.

    Critics say that Murdoch was either in on the cover-up or too incompetent to realize what he was agreeing to, with lawmaker Tom Watson famously accusing Murdoch of being "the first mafia boss in history who doesn't know he's at the head of a criminal enterprise".

    In his letter, Murdoch mounted his most detailed defense yet, accusing his former lieutenants of working behind his back, acting without his authorization, and giving inconsistent testimony to parliament.

    In contrast, he said: "My evidence has always been consistent."

    It's not certain whether lawmakers will accept that last claim. Murdoch initially denied knowing anything about a critical piece of evidence that suggested, as far back as 2008, that illegal behavior went much further than was being publicly acknowledged.

    Contradicted by former members of staff, Murdoch later changed his story, saying that while he was told about the damning evidence, its importance wasn't explained to him.

    News International's attempts to conceal the scope of the scandal fell apart after the Guardian and The New York Times revealed that phone hacking was endemic at the News of the World, an expose that has led to the paper's closure and the arrests of dozens of journalists and other officials.

    The British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has made cash settlements to 58 victims, including celebrities, politicians and the families of crime victims.

    James Murdoch himself has resigned from News International, although he retains a senior position at News Corp and said in his letter that those who saw his resignation as a tacit admission of guilt were wrong.

    "I have not misled Parliament," he said. "I did not know about, nor did I try to hide, wrongdoing."

    (中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯)

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    Nelly Min is an editor at China Daily with more than 10 years of experience as a newspaper editor and photographer. She has worked at major newspapers in the U.S., including the Los Angeles Times and the Detroit Free Press. She is also fluent in Korean.

     
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