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Getting "Monstered" By the Murdoch Tabloids

In 2003, British Member of Parliament Chris Bryantbegan investigating whether News International tabloids paid off police. Six months later, he found his private life splashed in the headlines. "They hacked my phone," Bryant tells FRONTLINE, "and they ran some pretty hideous stories about my sexuality."

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