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Ex-British prime minister accuses Murdoch of misleading inquiry
Source: Reuters
Ex-British prime minister accuses Murdoch of misleading inquiry
By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton
LONDON | Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:27am EDT
(Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown accused media tycoon Rupert Murdoch on Monday of misleading a government-sponsored inquiry into press ethics with incorrect testimony alleging Brown had threatened war against Murdoch's company.
"This conversation never took place. I am shocked and surprised that it should be suggested," Brown told the Leveson inquiry. "This call did not happen. The threat was not made."
"I find it shocking," Brown said. "This did not happen. There is no evidence that it happened other than Mr Murdoch's, but it didn't happen."
Murdoch had told the inquiry under oath that Brown phoned him in September 2009 after the Sun newspaper started supporting the Conservative Party. Brown vowed to wage war on Murdoch's company in revenge, he testified.
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton
LONDON | Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:27am EDT
(Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown accused media tycoon Rupert Murdoch on Monday of misleading a government-sponsored inquiry into press ethics with incorrect testimony alleging Brown had threatened war against Murdoch's company.
"This conversation never took place. I am shocked and surprised that it should be suggested," Brown told the Leveson inquiry. "This call did not happen. The threat was not made."
"I find it shocking," Brown said. "This did not happen. There is no evidence that it happened other than Mr Murdoch's, but it didn't happen."
Murdoch had told the inquiry under oath that Brown phoned him in September 2009 after the Sun newspaper started supporting the Conservative Party. Brown vowed to wage war on Murdoch's company in revenge, he testified.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/11/us-britain-hacking-idUSBRE85A0H320120611
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