James Murdoch: ‘D’oh!’ Damn underlings. Always messing up.
Speaking quickly and confidently, Murdoch laid the blame at the door of former News of the World Editor Colin Myler and former in-house lawyer Tom Crone, both of whom resigned soon after the scandal broke earlier this year. Over the past few months, the pair have challenged the credibility of their former boss, accusing the 38-year-old News Corp. executive of not telling the truth when he claimed they never told him about the incriminating email back in 2008.
Because major shareholders and CEOs should be paid millions to be comfortably in the dark as to what is going on in their companies. It worked for major banks; why not for NOTW?