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How did James Murdoch respond to the phone hacking scandal at News of the World?

James Murdoch insisted he was not involved during the hacking, devoted efforts to clean up News International, and ordered full cooperation with the police. He denied covering up the scandal in testimony to members of Parliament, but incriminating emails were discovered. However, the biggest impact was probably on James Murdoch’s role as presumed successor to his father, Rupert Murdoch, in running the family’s conservative media empire.