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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is facing British lawmakers today over the huge phone hacking scandal at News Corp. Several journalists have resigned and ten people have been arrested. Murdoch's son, James, may be forced out. Arrested, questioned for nine-hours and then released, Rebekah Brooks could play a key role in the investigations into the phone-hacking scandal. The paper says that police are treating the death of Sean Hoare as "unexplained" but "not suspicious," suggesting that it may have been a suicide. Hoare made his charges against Coulson, who went on to become Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman, to The New York Times last year for a magazine story about the phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper. He was quoted as saying that Coulson “actively encouraged me" to hack into other people's cell phone messages.This is not to say American journalists don’t play the angles from time to time. Reporters, this writer included, have...

The scandal, sparked by a police investigation five years ago, centers on a roster of key players in the longtime relationship among the British media, politicians and the police. The much anticipated committee hearing is scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. British Summer Time, which is 7:00 a.m. at News Corp.'s headquarters in Midtown Manhattan -- below is a compilation of some of those key players:The whole affair shows, in an increasingly complex and competitive information age, how blurred lines can become between news media and those they cover. And if the scandal should reach these shores, some fear it could have First Amendment repercussions.He was quoted as saying that Coulson “actively encouraged me" to hack into other people's cell phone messages. At the time, Coulson responded that he "never condoned the use of phone hacking and nor do I have any recollection of incidences where phone hacking took place. With a second senior police officer quitting on Monday...