The Murdochs and the Tories: a Faustian pact?

As Rupert Murdoch testifies at the Leveson Inquiry, a trove of emails deposited by his company lands the David Cameron government in Britain in acute embarrassment. Did the Murdochs strike ‘a Faustian pact with a succession of governments: media support in exchange for friendly policies’? Read on:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/26/leveson-inquiry-murdoch-10-downing-street

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/26/rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/26/rupert-murdoch-evidence-leveson-inquiry

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/26/jeremy-hunt-pressure-ministerial-code

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/26/ofcom-extends-bskyb-investigation

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/26/rupert-murdoch-phone-hacking

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/26/rupert-murdoch-s-email-bombshell-at-the-leveson-inquiry.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Cheat%20Sheet&utm_campaign=cheatsheet_morning&cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_morning

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/world/europe/in-testifying-murdoch-cites-a-cover-up-in-hacking.html?hp

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/world/europe/rupert-murdoch-testimony-leveson-inquiry-day-2.html?ref=europe&pagewanted=all