Murdoch daughter reflects on hacking aftermath

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LONDON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch’s daughter Elisabeth said Thursday that Britain’s phone-hacking scandal has highlighted the need for a rigorous set of values in the media, while prompting some serious soul-searching at her father’s company, News Corp.

Allegations that the News of the World, a now-closed News Corp. tabloid, hacked people’s phones for scoops mushroomed into a massive scandal over the past year that has shaken Britain’s media and political establishments — prompting multiple investigations and dozens of arrests.

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