None of Rupert Murdoch's power and influence could save his Sunday paper, News of the World, amidst the phone hacking scandal.

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Synopsis | Bad News (2011)
Rupert Murdoch is one of the most powerful and most feared,business tycoons around. But none of that could save his Sunday paper, the News of the World, as the phone hacking scandal just got worse and worse. In 2011, he was forced to close it down and the entire Murdoch empire came under siege. But it wasn't the high and mighty who pulled the rug out from under him. As Ray Martin reports, it was public opinion, average everyday people who finally said: "That's it, that's enough."

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