Leveson: Who's said what about the BSkyB bid?
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<bold>Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Chancellor George Osborne have defended the government's handling of </bold> <link> <caption>News Corp's attempt to take over broadcaster BSkyB</caption> <url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14104397" platform="highweb"/> </link> <bold>.</bold>
Mr Hunt has been accused of having too close a relationship with News Corp, but the culture secretary told the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics he was not a "cheerleader" for Rupert Murdoch's company and his aim was to be "absolutely proper" about how he approached the bid. Mr Osborne said it was "nonsense" to believe there was a conspiracy.
Explore the table below to find out what key figures in government and at News Corp have told the inquiry about the handling of the abandoned takeover.