British Lawmakers Angry Over Hacking Scandal

by Vicki Barker, NPR

British Prime Minister David Cameron has promised there will be a public inquiry into allegations that a major newspaper regularly hacked into the telephones of individuals in the news. His announcement came after allegations that the News of the World, a paper owned by Rupert Murdoch's News International media empire, had listened to phone messages on the mobile phones of a murder victim and the relatives of victims of terrorist attacks in London.

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• All Things Considered, July 6, 2011