[July 19, 2011] Urgent: Rupert Murdoch says not ultimately responsible for hacking scandal Tweet LONDON, Jul 19, 2011 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Media baron Rupert Murdoch said on Tuesday that he was not ultimately responsible for the phone-hacking scandal of the News of the World newspaper. Answering a question by lawmaker Jim Sheridan during a British parliamentary panel hearing "Do you accept that ultimately you are responsible for this whole fiasco?", Murdoch replied "No!" Both Rupert Murdoch and his son James appeared before the British lawmaker panel looking into allegations of the phone hacking scandal. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]