'Recklessness': Phone-hacking report rips Murdoch and other UK media
Updated at 8:35 a.m. ET: LONDON --
Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers and other British media were reckless in the pursuit of sensational stories “almost irrespective of the harm” caused, according to a major report on Britain's phone-hacking scandal.
The findings of the year-long Leveson Inquiry criticized a “failure of systems of management and compliance” at Murdoch’s News of the World tabloid, which was closed down as the full extent of their illegal actions became clear.
The report is being watched by American lawmakers amid concerns that U.S. laws may have been broken.
Lord Justice Leveson’s report did not recommend state regulation – or censorship in the eyes of some – of the media as many victims of press intrusion had demanded.
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