Yet Mr. Murdoch spent much of his time on Wednesday answering for malfeasance in a small corner of his media empire: The News of the World, the Sunday tabloid he recently closed in Britain after widespread voice mail hacking by its employees was revealed.
And with his "Nightline Fact Check," Ted Koppel has repeatedly tried to debunk widespread e-mails, including one about a woman whose Afghan former boyfriend warned her not to fly on Sept. 11 and not to visit any malls on Oct. 31; and another reporting that more than 30 Ryder, U-Haul and Verizon trucks had been stolen, many by individuals of Arab descent.
But after a widespread e-mail campaign by supporters of Israel urging a vote for any other photo, MSNBC said it was besieged by votes for a puppy with maimed hind legs, a dog in desperate need of a fire hydrant and a variety of cute and cuddly animal pictures.
In developing countries, where most people do not have internet access, but more and more own mobile phones, "@ovi.com" could become as widespread an e-mail address as, say, "@yahoo.com" in the rich world.Nokia also has history on its side.
The Mail acknowledged "widespread public support" for the strike, and commented: "Sympathy for the miners is a good cause.
Prominent politicians chastised the company and Ms. Brooks, and Ford Motor Company suspended advertising in The News of the World, the tabloid that has faced a long-running scandal over the widespread interception of voice mail messages of celebrities and other public figures.
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act was enacted in 1986, years before widespread use of e-mail or cloud storage, or the invention of social networking.
After the first round, the two men released a statement rejecting Mr. Murdoch's testimony that they had not informed him of evidence suggesting more widespread hacking: an e-mail that indicated more than one reporter at The News of the World had used information from hacked voicemail messages for stories.
The FTC instead proposed "a program to encourage the widespread adoption of e-mail authentication standards that would help law enforcement and ISPs [Internet Service Providers] better identify spammers".
Their testimony centered on a 15-minute meeting in London in 2008 when, they said, James Murdoch, chief of the News Corporation's European and Asian operations, was told that the hacking of voice mail was more widespread than the company had acknowledged.
