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Wendi dengBut he quibbled with a suggestion that criminality had been endemic at the tabloid and said he had seen no evidence that victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack and their relatives were targeted by any of his papers."Endemic is a very hard, a very wide ranging word," Murdoch said. "I also have to be very careful not to prejudice the course of justice that is taking place now."Murdoch said he was not responsible for the hacking scandal, and denied his company was guilty of wilful blindness over hacking.He laid blame on "the people I trusted but they blame maybe the people that they trusted.

After more than two hours of testimony, a man in a plaid shirt appeared to run toward Murdoch before being struck by his wife Wendi Deng.Police in the back of the committee room were holding an apparently handcuffed man with white foam covering his face and shirt. The foam also appeared to have hit Murdoch's suit.The hearing resumed after a short break.Two of Murdoch's top executives, Rebekah Brooks and Les Hinton, have resigned over the scandal — something Murdoch said was a matter of regret."I've worked with Mr Hinton for 52 years and I would trust him with my life," he said.Murdoch also told the committee that he didn't believe the FBI had uncovered any evidence of hacking of Sept. 11 victims in a recently launched inquiry.He said he lost sight of News of the World because it is such a small part of his company and spoke to the editor of the paper only around once a month, talking more with the editor of the Sunday Times in Britain and the Wall Street Journal in the U.S.


The value of the Murdochs' News Corp. added around $1.5 billion while they were being grilled, trading 3.8 per cent higher at $15.54. The stock has taken a battering over the past couple of weeks, shedding around 17 per cent of its value, or around $8 billion.James Murdoch apologized for the scandal, telling British lawmakers that "these actions do not live up to the standards our company aspires to."The younger Murdoch said the company acted as swiftly and transparently as possible. Rupert Murdoch acknowledged, however, that he did not investigate after the Murdochs' former U.K. newspaper chief, Rebekah Brooks, told parliament years ago that the News of the World had paid police officers for information.

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