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December 14, 2011

Murdoch Denies Reading Email Warning of Hacking 
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New evidence has emerged News International executive chairman James
Murdoch was warned of the phone hacking at his family's media empire
earlier than he has admitted to. On Tuesday, a British parliamentary
inquiry released a June 2008 email chain from then-News of the World
editor, Colin Myler, that Murdoch received. In the email to Murdoch,
Myler described the hacking revelations as a "nightmare scenario."
Murdoch replied to the email within three minutes, but now claims he did
not read the full email chain outlining the situation.