BBC presenter: Morgan taught me hacking

24 May 2012, 9:28 am   -   Source: AAP
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BBC presenter Jeremy Paxman has told the Leveson inquiry he was told how to hack a mobile phone by former News of the World editor Piers Morgan.

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Prominent British television presenter Jeremy Paxman has told an official inquiry that CNN interviewer Piers Morgan once gave him pointers on how to hack a mobile phone.

Paxman's disclosure to the Leveson inquiry on Wednesday appears at odds with Morgan's suggestions that he had no direct knowledge of the shady practice which many British journalists used to score scoops.

A scandal over phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid reignited last year, rocking Britain's establishment and leading to the arrest of dozens of journalists, officials, and executives.

Morgan, who edited the News of the World and the Daily Mirror newspapers before he joined CNN, has denied ever hacking a phone.

In testimony to the inquiry late last year, he said his familiarity with the practice came from the newspaper rumour mill.

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