From all this "we will come out strengthened". Thus, the Australian tycoon Rupert Murdoch tries to tighten the ranks of the tested staff of News Corp, in the aftermath of the crossfire to which the parliamentary commission of the Commons subjected him and his son James. Words of pride and subtle desperation, those of the eighty-year-old CEO (he is also president of his group). And this afternoon the speech of Prime Minister David Cameron is expected, who will report on the scandal in the House of Commons, with a good dose of straw.
In Britain, the House Home Affairs Committee has accused Scotland Yard of having accumulated a "string of failures" in the wiretapping investigation, criticizing "deliberate attempts" by Murdoch's company to "obstruct the investigation": a state of affairs which necessarily involves the government. And pressure is also coming from the Australian premier, Julia Gillard.
Gillard declined to comment on Murdoch's statements yesterday, but said he will have to answer "difficult" questions even in his country of origin. These words, moreover, come following the growing request to launch an investigation into 'phone hacking' also in Australia.
