Rupert Murdoch Faces UK Ethics Inquiry

LONDON (AP) — News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch is being grilled on his relationship with British politicians at the country’s media ethics inquiry, while a government minister is battling accusations he gave News Corp. privileged access in its bid to take over a major broadcaster.

Murdoch is testifying Wednesday before the inquiry set up following a phone hacking scandal at one of News Corp.’s British newspapers.

Murdoch’s son James testified a day earlier, when the most explosive development came from a cache of emails which suggested that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt was smoothing the way for the takeover.

Hunt denied behaving improperly. He told reporters Wednesday that he would make a “very, very determined effort to show that I behaved with total integrity.”