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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jim Waterson Media editor

Press watchdog ducks Murdoch dinner date after deluge of Clarkson complaints

Rupert Murdoch appears at the WSJDLive conference in Laguna Beach, California in 2015
Lord Faulks is chair of Ipso, which regulates newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch (pictured). Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

If all had gone to plan, the chair of the UK’s main press regulator would have spent Monday night enjoying a private dinner at Rupert Murdoch’s Mayfair flat.

Instead, Edward Faulks cancelled his plans after the Guardian asked why he had booked a dinner date with the billionaire media mogul.

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