News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch and his son James received high marks for the controlled, crafty confidence they displayed before the parliamentary select committee investigating the phone hacking scandal in July, 2011. There in the flesh was the 80-year-old mogul, proof that a public grilling can’t be out sourced or delegated.  Murdoch claimed he knew next to nothing about what his underlings were up to and apart from his public apologies it wasn’t clear how much he cared.
The pair were back in the hot seat for the formal inquiry launched …