Murdoch admits controlling Sun's political stance

Rupert Murdoch has told a parliamentary inquiry that he has “editorial control” over which party The Sun and News of the World back in a General Election and what line the papers take on Europe.

But the News Corporation chairman said he took a different approach with his other national newspapers in the UK, The Times and Sunday Times. While he often asks what the Times and its Sunday sister are doing, he never instructs them or interferes, he told the House of Lords Communications Committee.