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| Rupert Murdoch: I feel hurt and betrayed (as do his Sun journalists) | Rupert Murdoch: I feel hurt and betrayed (as do his Sun journalists) |
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| Rupert Murdoch, bless him, feels hurt and betrayed by the leaking of the tape covertly recorded when he met arrested Sun journalists. | Rupert Murdoch, bless him, feels hurt and betrayed by the leaking of the tape covertly recorded when he met arrested Sun journalists. |
| Both the Hollywood-based Variety and Exaro News - the investigative website that broke the story - report on Murdoch's distress about what he regards as a treacherous act. | Both the Hollywood-based Variety and Exaro News - the investigative website that broke the story - report on Murdoch's distress about what he regards as a treacherous act. |
| Variety's Frank DiGiacomo reports Exaro News's editor-in-chief, Mark Watts, as saying that News UK has launched a "mole hunt" to discover who was responsible for the leak. | Variety's Frank DiGiacomo reports Exaro News's editor-in-chief, Mark Watts, as saying that News UK has launched a "mole hunt" to discover who was responsible for the leak. |
| And in an Exaro piece published today, written by Watts and David Hencke, they mention that Murdoch "told friends that he feels hurt by the leak." | And in an Exaro piece published today, written by Watts and David Hencke, they mention that Murdoch "told friends that he feels hurt by the leak." |
| They report that The Sun's editor, David Dinsmore, revealed to colleagues that Murdoch - in a phone call from America - told him: "I feel hurt by what has happened." | They report that The Sun's editor, David Dinsmore, revealed to colleagues that Murdoch - in a phone call from America - told him: "I feel hurt by what has happened." |
| They also report a "senior source" on Operation Elvedon - Scotland Yard's investigation into payments by journalists to police officers and public officials - as saying the Murdoch tape is a "delicate issue." | They also report a "senior source" on Operation Elvedon - Scotland Yard's investigation into payments by journalists to police officers and public officials - as saying the Murdoch tape is a "delicate issue." |
| They are planning to assess the relevance of the recordings but have no plans, as yet, to interview Murdoch. | They are planning to assess the relevance of the recordings but have no plans, as yet, to interview Murdoch. |
| I wrote last week that Murdoch would view the leak as an act of betrayal. But I also pointed out that the journalists regard him as having betrayed them by setting up the management standards committee that provided evidence of their alleged wrongdoing to the police. | I wrote last week that Murdoch would view the leak as an act of betrayal. But I also pointed out that the journalists regard him as having betrayed them by setting up the management standards committee that provided evidence of their alleged wrongdoing to the police. |
| So it is obvious, is it not, who betrayed who first? | So it is obvious, is it not, who betrayed who first? |
| See also Neil Chenoweth's lengthy piece, published by the Financial Review in Australia, "The stalking of Rupert Murdoch". | |
| Sources: Variety/Exaro News | Sources: Variety/Exaro News |