The phone-hacking scandal has reportedly driven a wedge between members of the Murdoch family, which controls News Corp, with Elisabeth blaming her brother James for allowing the situation “to spiral out of control”.
According to an article in Vanity Fair, Elisabeth approached her father Rupert Murdoch, the media conglomerate’s chief executive and chairman, as details emerged about phone-hacking practices at News International, the UK division of News Corp that James oversees.