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James Murdoch giving evidence for a second time to the MPs' select committee

James Murdoch giving evidence for a second time to the MPs' select committee, during which he claimed News of the World's former editor Tom Myler and lawyer Tom Crone did not tell him about 'widespread criminality' at the newspaper. Photograph: AFP/Getty James Murdoch  has accused the  News of the World 's former editor and senior lawyer of not telling him about suggestions of wider phone hacking at the newspaper in 2008.   Giving evidence for the second time about the News of the World phone-hacking scandal before MPs on the Commons culture, media and sport committee, Murdoch insisted that the context of the bombshell "for Neville" email was withheld from him by  Colin Myler  and  Tom Crone  when they discussed the payout to Gordon Taylor, the Professional Footballers' Association chief, in June 2008.   Murdoch, who oversees the now-defunct News of the World's publisher News International as  News Corporation 's deputy chief operating office...