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Murdoch to Staff: Influence the Election

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Told them to stop Labour from winning.

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Rupert Murdoch allegedly told his journalists they needed to work harder at stopping the Labour Party from winning England's election, and warned if they didn't the company would fail. According to sources speaking to The Independent, the newspaper mogul said that a Labour government would break up News Corp. when he visited the offices in February. Two days later, The Sun published a two-page spread that supported David Cameron and attacked a leading Labour Party politician.

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