British hacking inquiry opens
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Xinhua, July 28, 2011
Judge Brian Leveson opened an inquiry Thursday into the phone-hacking scandal, focusing on journalism ethics.
"The inquiry will focus primarily on what I am calling the relationship between the press and the public, and the related issue of press regulation," Leveson said in his opening statement.
The inquiry will look into the media's relationship with the public, police and politicians, according to the statement.
Prime Minister David Cameron ordered the inquiry earlier this month into the scandal which led to shutdown of the News of the World and dragged in the police, politicians and the premier himself.
"I would rather invite editors, proprietors of magazines and journalists to assist me by providing a wide range of examples of what is contended to be appropriate for one reason or another across the fullest range of titles," Leveson said.
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