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A quick note before we start, we know this is a difficult time when our medical workers

and first responders are risking their lives.

All of us are dealing with a virus affecting everyone.

Yeah, we just want to say we're grateful that so many of you have been enjoying our new show.

We want to welcome new listeners,

and we hope the stories we tell here

can bring you a little distraction and humor.

Just so you know, we're gonna be swearing like sailors in this episode.

Picture this. It's July 2011, and we're in central London, and we're in Central London in a chamber of the House of Commons.

Good afternoon everybody.

This is a special meeting of the Culture Meter and Sports Select Committee.

It is a follow-up to the inquiry which the Committee held in 2009

into press standards, privacy, and libel.

Ooh, should I put on my wig?

Yes, and take your hat off.

So two weeks ago, the public learned that news of the world reporters hacked into the

voicemail of a young murder victim.

And remember, this is a tabloid that Rupert Murdoch owns. Now he's here to answer

for his paper's wrongdoing, along with his second son, James.

There's actually a video of the hearing. In it, you can see father and son sitting side by side.

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