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Rupert Murdoch was “humbled” by the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Today it was British Prime Minister David Cameron’s turn to eat humble pie for employing a former editor of the paper, Andy Coulson, who resigned as his communications chief last January as the scandal grew.

The main players are all saying variations of “Not me, guv,” talking about the benefits of hindsight and "If I knew then what I know now.”

But Cameron’s position is looking increasingly shaky. He has repeated that he is accountable for employing Coulson, who told his boss that he had nothing to do with the illegal phone-hacking while he was editor from 2003 to 2007. "If it turns out I have been lied to, that would be a moment for a profound apology, and in that event I can tell you I will not fall short," Cameron told MPs.

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