James Murdoch

James Murdoch's behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign spilled out into the public domain Tuesday as documents detailing his close ties to the British establishment were examined by a judge-led inquiry into media ethics.The nature of the Murdoch family's links with senior politicians is one of the key questions raised by Britain's phone hacking scandal, which has rocked the British establishment with revelations of media misdeeds, police corruption and corporate malpractice.Critics of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., the global media empire owned by James' father, claim the company's close ties to top U.K. leaders helped boost its business agenda and allowed it to get away with illegal activities for years.Some allege that Murdoch's influential newspapers helped squeeze favors from loyal politicians. In particular, they argue that Rupert Murdoch's multibillion-pound (dollar) bid for the lucrative British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC was rubber-stamped by Britain's Conservative Party leaders in ...

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