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Getting "Monstered" By the Murdoch Tabloids

A former MP takes on News Corp editors - and his private life is splashed in the headlines

03/27/2012 | Rating NR

FRONTLINE

Getting "Monstered" By the Murdoch Tabloids

Clip: Season 2012 Episode 5 | 4m 33s

A former MP takes on News Corp editors - and his private life is splashed in the headlines

In 2003, British Member of Parliament Chris Bryantbegan investigating whether News International tabloids paid off police. Six months later, he found his private life splashed in the headlines. "They hacked my phone," Bryant tells FRONTLINE, "and they ran some pretty hideous stories about my sexuality."

03/27/2012 | Rating NR

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