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Leveson Inquiry in session, with News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch taking seat on far left2. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Jay QC, Counsel for the Leveson Inquiry:\"Mr Murdoch, may we move to Mr David Cameron.\"3. SOUNDBITE...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Leveson Inquiry in session, with News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch taking seat on far left\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Jay QC, Counsel for the Leveson Inquiry:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Mr Murdoch, may we move to Mr David Cameron.\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. Chairman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I first met him once, maybe even twice, at family picnics, at weekends at my daughter''s house in the grounds of Blenheim Castle, where he came with his family. We were over-run by children, there were no politics, but I was extremely impressed at the kindness and feeling he showed to his children and particularly to his retarded son.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Jay QC, Counsel for the Leveson Inquiry: \u003cbr/\u003e\"What happened with the BSkyB merger in 1990 -  there was always a political frisson around your bids, mergers and acquisitions and therefore in relation to BSkyB it was wholly predictable that there would be.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. Chairman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I welcome that question, Mr Jay, because I want to put it to bed once and for all. That is a complete myth.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Jay QC, Counsel for the Leveson Inquiry: \u003cbr/\u003e\"What''s the myth, Mr Murdoch?\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. Chairman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"That I used the influence of The Sun or the supposed political power to get favourable treatment.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Jay QC, Counsel for the Leveson Inquiry: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Don''t you agree that that''s a recurring theme?\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. Chairman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"What, in the Guardian, and maybe The Independent - not everywhere. And after a while if these lies are repeated again and again, they sort of catch on. And particularly if we are successful there are people who are resentful and grab on to them but they just aren''t true.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Jay QC, Counsel for the Leveson Inquiry: \u003cbr/\u003e(asking about his recollection of a meeting Cameron on his yacht near the Greek island of Santorini in August 2008) \u003cbr/\u003e\"Do you have no recollection at all of that do you?\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. Chairman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that is part of the democratic process. All politicians on all sides like to have their views known by the editors of newspapers or publishers hoping that they will be put across, hoping that they will succeed in impressing people. That''s the game.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Jay QC, Counsel for the Leveson Inquiry: \u003cbr/\u003e\"May I ask you this - was there no link in your mind between your support for Mr Cameron and the BSkyB bid?\"\u003cbr/\u003e(Murdoch) \"None at all.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\" Were you not fearful that if your guess was wrong and that Mr Brown had won that election that the BSkyB bid would hit choppier waters?\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. Chairman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"No, I never gave it any thought.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Jay QC, Counsel for the Leveson Inquiry: \u003cbr/\u003e\"It might be said that you had an ally in Mr Salmond now and that you were pointing out - or rather Mr Dinsmore (General Manger of News International Newspapers, Scotland) - was pointing out what News International hoped to achieve in Scotland in the future, would you agree with that?\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. Chairman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, Mr Dinsmore may have gone a little too far in his enthusiasm. I can only tell you as a matter on interest that if we didn''t continue to support Mr Salmond at this stage I really would have an insurrection up there.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Lord Justice Brian Leveson ending Inquiry''s session for the day\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of people rising to their feet as Leveson leaves \u003cbr/\u003eNews Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch was questioned about his relationship with Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday at an official inquiry into British media ethics.\u003cbr/\u003eThe 81-year-old media baron said he first met the then-opposition leader Cameron at a family picnic and was impressed by the kindness he showed his late son, Ivan, who suffered from severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy and died in 2009.\u003cbr/\u003eMurdoch was being quizzed under oath before an inquiry run by Lord Justice Brian Leveson, who is examining the relationship between British politicians and the press - a key question emerging amid the phone hacking scandal that brought down Murdoch''s News of the World tabloid.\u003cbr/\u003eSpeculation that Murdoch was seeking to inflict political pain on the Cameron''s Conservatives mounted a day earlier when his son James gave damning testimony about British Olympics czar Jeremy Hunt. \u003cbr/\u003eThe younger Murdoch released documents that suggested that the Conservative minister had secretly smoothed the way for News Corp.''s proposed takeover of British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, a lucrative satellite broadcaster.\u003cbr/\u003eHunt''s special adviser Adam Smith resigned on Wednesday, saying he''d created a perception in his emails that News Corp. had \"too close a relationship\" with Hunt''s department for culture, media and sport. \u003cbr/\u003eSmith said he had acted without Hunt''s authorisation.\u003cbr/\u003eThroughout Wednesday''s hearing, Murdoch attacked the idea that he traded on his political influence, calling it a \"complete myth. One I want to put to bed once and for all.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSo determined was he that at one point Murdoch seemed to claim he was totally blind to business considerations when deciding which politicians to back.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Let me ask you this - was there no link in your mind between your support for Mr Cameron and the BSkyB bid?\" said inquiry lawyer Robert Jay.\u003cbr/\u003e\"None at all,\" Murdoch replied.\u003cbr/\u003eAsked whether he set the political agenda for his UK editors, he denied it.\u003cbr/\u003eJay pointed to a letter written to SNP (Scottish National Party) leader Alex Salmond last year (2011) by a senior News International executive, on the future of Scotland following Salmond''s historic victory in Scottish elections.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It might be said that you had an ally in Mr Salmond now and that you were pointing out - or rather Mr Dinsmore (General Manger of News International Newspapers, Scotland) - was pointing out what News International hoped to achieve 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