- Murdoch kicked off by saying that he had not misled the earlier Committee hearing, implying that other executives had.
- James Murdoch insists that he didn’t mislead MPs but says Colin Myler and Tom Crone did #hackgate Latest: t.co/S9BvQVZM
- Tom Watson, as previously, provided the most high profile soundbite, calling Murdoch an incompetent Mafia boss. Twitter approved.
- MP Tom Watson Calls James Murdoch A Mafia Boss youtu.be/Tog7TKfQxdw
- Tom Watson wins Smackdown Of The Year award, no question. #hackgate
- Tom Watson MP calls James Murdoch a ‘mafia boss’, and implies he’s not a very good one. Get in son!
- Incidentally, Mr. Watson had perhaps not been as fresh as he could have been. The reason? He had been playing Portal 2.
- Late, late night playing Portal 2. Early, early morning drafting questions and listening to The Clash on full blast. #brandnewcadillac
- Other MPs moved on, questioning Mr Murdoch’s strangely unquestioning supervision of the company he was running. Despite being extraordinarily unaware of operations at the company, he was unwilling to characterise himself as incompetent.
- James Murdoch tells first outright lie at #hackgate hearing, claims he is “not incompetent”
- James Murdoch may, in fact, have never had a conversation, meeting or telephone call with any employees. Ever. #hackgate
- Even the notorious Sun reporting following Hillsborough gets a look-in and a full apology from Murdoch.
- Steve Rotheram now asking James Murdoch about Sun’s coverage of Hillsborough… JM adds ‘full apology’ for ‘wrong’ reporting #hackgate
- “I am not a crook” -Nixon. “I am not incompetent.” -Murdoch.
- James Murdoch doesn’t rule out closing the Sun if details emerge of hacking. Lots of uneasy staff members will be listening.
- James Murdoch not denying that journalists at other News titles may have been engaged in phone hacking
- Tom Watson reveals that he has had been told by an anonymous source that there was a “dikdat” at News of the World ”to dig up as much information about the members of the select committee”.
- James Murdoch apologizes to Tom Watson for News of the World’s surveillance of him
- And now it’s Max Clifford time!
- Paul Farrelly asks about the Max Clifford settlement. James Murdoch: I was informed of it in very general terms, but not involved.
- 1:37pm: Finally, it’s over. People run marathons in less time.
- That was the Tom Watson versus James Murdoch show. Watson won on points?
