We began the day noting that one of Rupert Murdoch's own publications was describing him as "defiant" in the face of the that has engulfed some of his 暗黑爆料 Corp. newspapers in the U.K.
But now, , there's word that there's a signed letter from Murdoch going into millions of British newspapers this weekend in which he writes that: "We are sorry."
He apologizes for:
-- "The serious wrongdoing that occurred."
-- "The hurt suffered by the individuals affected."
-- "Not acting faster to sort things out."
As we wrote earlier:
-- There are . tapped into the cell phones of thousands of people from the royal family down to murder victims. And it might have been helped by police officials who were paid for information.
-- The whether those news outlets might also have gotten access to the cell phone records of 9/11 victims in the U.S.
-- The company's top news executive in the U.K., Rebekah Brooks,
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