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UK businesses investigated for phone-hacking, ‘blagging’

Stephen Beard Aug 2, 2013
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UK businesses investigated for phone-hacking, ‘blagging’

Stephen Beard Aug 2, 2013
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Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp got into deep trouble when its reporters snuck into the voicemails of both public and private figures in the U.K. Now the British government is investigating more than a hundred companies who may have done similar kinds of illegal sniffing around.

Marketplace’s Stephen Beard joins Morning Report host David Brancaccio from London with the latest. Click on the audio player above to hear more.

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