Where does the buck stop for News Corp?

While the horror story of the weekend massacre in Norway, continues to dominate the headlines in Europe, there is still no let up on the Rupert Murdoch media scandal.

The head of Britain’s Association of Chief Police Officers, Sir Hugh Orde, has slammed Rupert Murdoch for failing to take responsibility for phone hacking at the News of the World, the tabloid he felt obliged to close down.

Appearing on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Orde compared Murdoch's actions unfavourably with the head of the Metropolitan police, who resigned over links to the NotW, saying: "You saw the chief officer of the police service of this country, Sir Paul Stephenson, saying, 'Look this happened on my watch. I am responsible… I am resigning.' Compare that with Rupert Murdoch: complete denial of any responsibility of his organisation."

Intriguingly,  says The First Post the Murdoch-owned Times has treated Orde's remark as a call on its proprietor to resign. Its front-page 'tease' is headlined: 'Phone hacking: Murdoch should go'.

Murdoch has so far allowed executives who worked for News International, the company that runs his UK newspapers, to take the blame for phone hacking. Among those who have been forced out are the company's former chief executives Les Hinton and Rebekah Brooks.

However, Murdoch's son James is now under pressure as evidence mounts that he might have seen the 'For Neville' email, a message that reveals NotW execs knew about hacking at the paper. Colin Myler, the former editor claims he showed James Murdoch the email, despite the latter's claims to the Commons culture committee last week that he knew nothing of it. Tom Crone, the former head of legal affairs at NI, is backing Myler.