Search for a solution among the subplots
The Leveson inquiry has emanated sub-plots, spin-off dramas and red herrings by the bushel – but the main task is still how to regulate the British press
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Scandal over a rising tide of allegations about phone hacking and payments to police has resulted in the demise of the 168-year-old News of the World and a series of high-profile arrests of current and former News Corp employees
Hunt aide told News Corp of licence fee deal
Emails show close adviser giving a Murdoch lobbyist advanced notice as pressure builds on the culture secretary before his Leveson testimony
Coulson charged over perjury allegations
Move relates to Tommy Sheridan trial
Gove tells Leveson of regulation fears
Sign that recommendations may face cabinet resistance
CPS rules against hacking leak charge
Information fed to Guardian ‘not highly sensitive’
Blair denies striking deal with Murdoch
Former PM took decision to ‘manage’ media ties
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Parliament takes Murdoch to task
Inquiry verdict is blunted by the observation that the News Corp chief is ‘not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company’
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Journalism is part of a larger crisis in public life. Politicians have come to see the media as both enemy and salvation, writes John Kampfner
Media mogul who never had to ask
Rupert Murdoch had too easy a ride from politicians because until recently, his support was the talisman of British politics
Just another businessman playing the power game
Politicians come and go, but Rupert Murdoch represents long-lived, market-tested institutional power, writes Philip Delves Broughton
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