9 Jul 2018

Rupert Murdoch's right hand man reveals 'untidy life in news'

From Nine To Noon, 10:07 am on 9 July 2018

From the golden age of print, to Britain's phone hacking scandal Les Hinton has seen it all. His career as a hack began when he became a copy boy in a small Adelaide newspaper, with grand ambitions to become a reporter. Decades later he would become one of Rupert Murdoch 's most respected executives and oldest allies, and as such one of the most powerful men in the media world.Kathryn Ryan talks to him about his memoir 'The Bootle Boy - an untidy life in news' and the man he describes as an 'authentic colossus'.