James Murdoch resigns as BSkyB chairman

April 3rd, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Murdoch’s links to the News International (NI) phone hacking scandal continued to take their toll Tuesday as he stepped down as chairman of satellite broadcaster BSkyB.

Murdoch, who relinquished his role as NI executive chairman in February, said in a letter outlining the reasons for his departure he did not want his role as chairman to become a “lightning rod” for BSkyB.

He has been hammered by accusations that News Corp.’s British Sunday tabloid the News of the World systematically eavesdropped illegally on crime victims, politicians, celebrities and veterans in search of stories.

Murdoch, 39, has consistently denied knowing about the scale of phone hacking at the paper, which he ordered shut down last summer in the face of the scandal.

He referred to it in his resignation, saying: “I am determined that the interests of BSkyB should not be undermined by matters outside the scope of this company.”

He made clear he was trying to shield the satellite broadcaster from fallout from the newspaper scandal, saying: “I believe that my resignation will help to ensure that there is no false conflation with events at a separate organization.”

The deputy chief operating officer at News Corporation, BSkyB’s controlling shareholder, will stay on the board as a non-executive director and be replaced by deputy chairman Nick Ferguson.

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