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"News Corporation founder Rupert Murdoch has said that he is not responsible for the News of the World phone hacking scandal. During today&amp;#039;s Commons culture, media and sport select committee hearing, the billionaire media tycoon said that he was let down by &amp;quot;people [he] trusted&amp;quot; and was not aware of the extent of the hacking. Murdoch&amp;#039;s son James apologised to victims, adding that the scandal was &amp;quot;inexcusable&amp;quot;. &amp;gt; Phone hacking: MPs quiz Rebekah Brooks &amp;gt; Phone hacking: Rupert and James Murdoch face MPs The hearing was disrupted when, two hours into the hearing, a man attacked Rupert with a foam pie. The attacker has now been detained by police. Murdoch - who had admitted that today is the &amp;quot;most humble day of [his] career&amp;quot; - appeared rattled and genuinely shaken as he spoke about the controversy that has engulfed his company, both in the UK and US.  The hearing gave a fascinating insight into the powerful figure of Rupert Murdoch, as he was for the first time challenged by politicians on a variety of issues, often uncomfortable when giving answers.  At the start of the hearing, James Murdoch attempted to read a written statement from his father, but committee chairman John Whittingdale refused the move.  Murdoch senior repeated how &amp;quot;sorry&amp;quot; he was for the revelations that the News of the World intercepted the voicemails of &amp;quot;victims of crime&amp;quot;, including the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler. &amp;gt; Rebekah Brooks: &amp;#039;News International acted quickly on phone hacking&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Video: Rupert Murdoch attacked with &amp;#039;foam pie&amp;#039; at phone hacking hearing However, he also stressed that the Sunday tabloid - which was shut down earlier in the month - was &amp;quot;only 1%&amp;quot; of the News Corp business and so he could not be expected to know the day-to-day workings of the paper&amp;#039;s operation.  Under questioning, Rupert Murdoch said that he contacts the editor of the Sunday Times every Saturday, but admitted that he was &amp;quot;not really in touch&amp;quot; with the editors of The Sun or previously the News of the World. He admitted that he &amp;quot;perhaps lost sight&amp;quot; of the News of the World as it was such a small part of his operation.  Murdoch has been criticised for his close relationship with Rebekah Brooks, who resigned last week as chief executive of publisher News International.  Brooks is said to have offered her resignation when the scandal broke, but it was turned down by Murdoch, leading to speculation that he was protecting her.  Asked why he turned down her resignation, Murdoch said: &amp;quot;Because I believed in her, I trusted her and I still trust her.&amp;quot; He added that he accepted the resignation the second time because it was offered under &amp;quot;extra anguish&amp;quot;.  He was pressed on the reported multi-million pound payoffs to Brooks and Les Hinton, who also resigned as chief executive of Dow Jones last week, but refused to disclose the exact details.  Asked about any gagging orders that would potentially have been included in their pay-off details, his son James said that it would never be anything &amp;quot;that would stop or inhibit or prevent the executive from co-operating with inquiries&amp;quot;. Murdoch said that he had not considered resigning as News Corporation chief executive, because he feels that other people within the company have &amp;quot;badly betrayed&amp;quot; him, and it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;up for them to pay&amp;quot;. The veteran also feels that he is the person to lead News Corporation through the scandal. After allowing Murdoch to read a statement at the end of the hearing, Whittingdale thanked the Murdochs for attending and apologised for the &amp;quot;wholly unacceptable&amp;quot; earlier attack.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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