Stonewall Murdoch: can he remain BSkyB chairman?

James Murdoch gets through another grilling in Parliament - but his competence is in question

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SO, James Murdoch says he knew nothing about phone hacking at the News of the World, because he was not told. That may be enough to get him through the ham-fisted questioning by MPs on the Commons culture committee, but will it be enough to persuade the BSkyB shareholders to give him a vote of confidence next week?

Murdoch appeared incredibly cool throughout today's (light) grilling, so much so that when a frustrated Tom Watson, inquisitor in chief, suddenly accused him of being a Mafia boss, he barely missed a beat.

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