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Murdoch Denies Reading Email Warning of Hacking

HeadlineDec 14, 2011

New evidence has emerged News International executive chairman James Murdoch was warned of the phone hacking at his family’s media empire earlier than he has admitted to. On Tuesday, a British parliamentary inquiry released a June 2008 email chain from then-News of the World editor, Colin Myler, that Murdoch received. In the email to Murdoch, Myler described the hacking revelations as a “nightmare scenario.” Murdoch replied to the email within three minutes, but now claims he did not read the full email chain outlining the situation.

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