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a Vanity Fair contributing editor and author of the book, "War at the Wall Street Journal: Inside the Struggle to Control an American Business Empire," which chronicled the sweeping changes that took place at the publication after Murdoch acquired the newspaper in 2007. Ellison spent 10 years working at the Wall Street Journal. Commenting on Murdoch denying responsibility for the scanda, Ellison says, "It is even more difficult to really believe that when you know the way that his news organizations work. ... There is a myth of Rupert Murdoch, that his editors know what he wants without him even having to tell him. He creates a culture where everyone is of a like mind. ... It is difficult to imagine that some of the responsibility wouldn't lie [at] his feet given that it is his organization." Watch Part 2 of 2: http://youtu.be/xzGxedLGa2I For the complete transcript, to download the audio/video podcast and to watch more Democracy Now! reports about the phone hacking scandal and the Murdoch media empire, visit http://www.democracynow.org/tags/murdoch_media_scandal FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/democracynow Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/democracynow Daily Email News Digest: http://www.democracynow.org/subscribe Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit http://www.democracynow.org/donate/YT