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LONDON – Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks — a pivotalfigure in Britain's tabloid phone hacking saga — told thecountry's media ethics inquiry Friday that Prime Minister DavidCameron commiserated with her after she quit in the wake of thescandal. Brooks, 43, resigned in July as chief executive of NewsInternational, Murdoch's British newspaper operation, and has twicebeen arrested and questioned by police about illegal eavesdroppingand obstruction of justice. She told the inquiry of her close ties to those in power andacknowledged she received messages of support from politiciansincluding Cameron and former Prime Minister Tony Blair when shestepped down. Known for her striking red curls and meteoric rise from secretaryto editor at News of the World, Brooks acknowledged that Blair hadalso attended her 40th birthday party — hosted at Murdoch'shome. The ethics inquiry is focusing on links between British politiciansand the press, chiefly Murdoch's media empire.
British parties of all political persuasions had long tussled forsupport of the mogul's best-selling tabloids, whose backing wascredited with the power to swing elections. As the phone hacking scandal unfolded, unease has grown about whatfavors the newspapers may have received in return for editorialsupport. Brooks acknowledged Friday that she had received "indirectmessages" — seemingly SMS messages sent by the aides ofpoliticians, but relaying their personal thoughts — after shestepped down. "I received some indirect messages from No. 10, No.
11, the HomeOffice and Foreign Office," Brooks said, referring to Cameron,Treasury chief George Osborne, Home Secretary Theresa May andForeign Secretary William Hague. She agreed with inquiry lawyer Robert Jay that a message fromCameron had told her to "keep your head up" and expressed regretthat he could not be more loyal because of the political pressurehe was under over the hacking scandal. The message was "along those lines, I don't think they were theexact words," Brooks said. Blair, who quit as Prime Minister in 2007, had also sent a message,but few other Labour Party politicians had been in touch, she said.Murdoch turned his back on the Labour Party before Britain's 2010election, offering backing to Conservative Party leader Cameron. Gordon Brown, Blair's Labour Party successor ousted in the 2010vote, had not contacted her, the former executive said.
"He was probably getting the bunting out," Brooks said, with arelaxed smile. She showed composure, and occasional flashes of humor, as shetestified. "You need better sources Mr. Jay," she teased, as the inquiry'slawyer asked her about rumors over her close friendship withMurdoch.
Brooks, who had a close relationship to Brown's wife Sarah, is aneighbor and friend of Cameron in the picturesque Cotswolds town ofChipping Norton. The prime minister acknowledged that he has known her husband,racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks, for 30 years and that he hadrecently ridden on a retired police horse that had been loaned toRebekah Brooks. As Brooks arrived for the hearing at London's Royal Courts ofJustice, she was confronted by protesters dressed as a horse. Cameron set up the ethics inquiry, led by Lord Justice BrianLeveson, in July following revelations that the News of the Worldhad hacked murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler's phone after shedisappeared in 2002.
Murdoch shut down the newspaper amid widespread public revulsionover the hacking. Leveson's inquiry has already examined newspapers' relations withthe public and the police. I am a professional writer from Construction & Real Estate, which contains a great deal of information about paper joint tape , mdf crown moulding, welcome to visit!
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