Brian Leveson, the U.K. judge running an investigation into media ethics, defended the inquiry’s ability to examine the press after complaints from the lawyer of former News Corp. tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks.
The inquiry, commissioned by Prime Minister David Cameron following the phone hacking scandal at News Corp.’s News of the World, doesn’t intend to put out reports on journalists that would lead to or prejudice a criminal investigation, Leveson said today. Still, Leveson wouldn’t back away from criticizing individuals who may have misled the judicial probe by denying knowledge of past wrongdoing.
