Lisa O'Carroll

Lisa O'Carroll

@lisaocarroll Ireland Business Blogger
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Freelance Guardian journalist, Leveson inquiry/phone hacking my specialist subject. Also follow Irish business news
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The Leveson Inquiry sometimes feels like one long tale of memory loss @Telegraph http://t.co/x1xjt6fQ
Leveson inquiry: Frédéric Michel and Adam Smith take centre stage http://t.co/XupmISD2 via @guardian

Leveson inquiry: Frédéric Michel and Adam Smith take centre stage

May 24, 2012 - guardian.co.uk
They are the middle men whose hundreds of texts and emails go to the heart of the government's handling of Rupert Murdoch's aborted £8bn takeover of BSkyB.News Corporation lobbyist Frédéric Michel and Adam Smith, former special adviser to the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, finally emerged from the shadows to take centre stage at the Leveson inquiry.French-born Michel, stepping down after giving four and a half hours of evidence at the Royal Courts of Justice, flashed a smile towards Smith as he passed him on the way to the witness stand.The gesture may not have been reciprocated; Smith fell on his sword last month after Michel's boss, James Murdoch, released 164 pages of emails to the inquiry that showed a remarkably close relationship between the two ... Continue reading →
Leveson over. Clearly Smith had no concept of quasi judicial process even though this affected stock Market fr news corp and BskyB
Smith is asked did this apparent bias towards News Corp not raise alarm bells? "not really" #Leveson
Smith says there is no evidence of contact with anti-BskyB bid alliance because they "didn't get in touch with me' #leveson
Hunt to Cameron: what James Murdoch wants to do is repeat what his father did with move 2 Wapping and create world 1st multi media operator
Killer Hunt draft memo to Cameron: it would be totally wrong to cave in to Mark Thompson / channel 4/ guardian line' #leveson
Hunt wrote to Cameron in Nov 2010 to tell him" James Murdoch is pretty furious at Vince's referral to Ofcom" #leveson
Leveson: Mr Smith, forgive me. But what has this to got to do with you?
Michel writes to Hunt in Oct 2010 after Michel sent docs 'strictly confidential but very interesting' Hunt replies very powerful actually
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