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A tough day at the office for the Murdochs

The coverage in the media of James Murdoch’s appearance before the Leveson inquiry yesterday is most comprehensive in The Guardian.  Click here to access the coverage.  Is suspect that the newspapers back in Australia won’t have as much coverage.  This is a massive story in the UK and it is growing in coverage in the US given the possible legal implications there.

Yesterday we got the closest look ever at evidence which may suggest political favours in return for endorsement of a political party by a newspaper publisher.

Watching some of James Murdoch’s testimony live on TV I kept wondering what might have been had there been no cover up following the original phone hacking claims. I also wished that some answers were clearer, more certain.

This story has a long way to go.  It is deeply relevant to Australia given the campaigns that have run is some News Limited newspapers. Some of these campaigns in some of the newspapers reflect poorly on the journalism profession and the role which newspapers used to play in informing the public with fair and balanced reporting.

Some commentators say it will ultimately lead to the divestiture of print from the News organisation. Who knows?

I got to read a bunch of British newspapers today and found myself coming back to The Guardain and wishing what we had a newspaper like that in Australia.

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