Rupert Murdoch 'Not Fit' to Lead Major International Company, MPs Conclude

Posted: 5/1/2012  |  By: Dan Sabbagh and Josh Halliday | Guardian.co.uk

Rupert Murdoch is "not a fit person" to exercise stewardship of a major international company, a committee of MPs has concluded, in a report highly critical of the mogul and his son James's role in the News of the World phone-hacking affair.

The Commons culture, media and sport select committee also concluded that James Murdoch showed "wilful ignorance" of the extent of phone hacking during 2009 and 2010 – in a highly charged document that saw MPs split on party lines as regards the two Murdochs.