Mr Murdoch’s appearance, under oath before an inquiry with the powers to summon witnesses and make recommentations to ministers, was a milestone in the long-running investigations into a scandal that first came to light in 2006. The owner of media properties stretching from The Australian to the New York Post portrayed himself as distant from many of the most contentious events under scrutiny in the UK, including the BSkyB approach and handling of the phone-hacking and police payments scandals.
在对最初于2006年曝光的一起丑闻的漫长调查中，默多克在宣誓状态下出席调查的听证会是一个里程碑。该项调查有权传唤证人，并向大臣提出建议。这位媒体大亨拥有从《澳大利亚人报》(The Australian)到《纽约邮报》(New York Post)等媒体。他称自己没有涉及目前在英国受到关注的不少有争议的事件，包括对BSkyB的收购企图，以及对电话窃听和贿赂警察等丑闻的处理。
In written testimony, he said he became aware only in late 2010 or early 2011 that illegal “hacking” of mobile phone voicemails was not confined to one “rogue” reporter, as the company long maintained.
在书面证词中，默多克表示，直到2010年底或2011年初，他才得知非法“侵入”手机语音邮件不仅限于一位“违规”记者——这是该公司一直坚持的立场。
He added: “I did not involve myself in or ask about newsgathering techniques at The Sun or the News of the World.”
默多克补充道：“我没有介入或询问《太阳报》(The Sun)或者《世界新闻报》(News of the World)的新闻收集手段。”
The Sunday tabloid News Corp closed last July, after revelations that it had hacked the voicemail of a murdered teenage girl.
《世界新闻报》是每周日出版的小报，曾窃听一位被谋杀的少女的语音邮件，此事泄露之后，新闻集团在去年7月将该报停刊。
