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Posted: August 30, 2009 at 3:25 a.m.
James Murdoch, 36, the son of News Corp. mogul Rupert Murdoch and an executive in charge of the company's businesses in Europe and Asia, criticized the British Broadcasting Corp., a main competitor, in a speech in Scotland, saying, "As Orwell foretold, to let the state enjoy a near-monopoly of information is to guarantee manipulation and distortion."
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