Murdoch fights for control after Brown allegations

07/12/11 LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch fought to contain a crisis engulfing his media empire on Tuesday after allegations surfaced that journalists at several of his News Corp papers had targeted former British prime minister Gordon Brown.

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Paul Vallely: It is not the BBC's job to judge

07/16/11 One of the most striking images of an image-packed week came from the BBC's political editor, Nick Robinson, when he described Gordon Brown's House of Commons denunciation of the Murdoch empire as "more a roar of pain and anger" than a speech. It resonated because of the vivid picture it conjured of a mighty beast in torment. But there was also something rather odd about it.

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Letters: Hacking - Brown should have spoken up sooner

07/12/11 Gordon Brown's revelation that journalists from News International employed private investigators to obtain confidential information about his family, causing great distress, would find sympathy with any decent person.

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