it goes back to the beginning, to that enormous £725,000 settlement with gordon taylor. murdoch had approved the payment.now members of parliamed to know if he had previously lied to them about a cover-up. >> mr. murdoch, did you mislead this committee in your original testimony? >> no, i did not. >> so if you didn't, who did? >> as i've said to you, as i've written to you and i've said publicly, um... >> bergman: his position was that two other senior executives of news corporation had misled the committee. >> so was it mr. crone, a respected lawyer and in-house legal adviser for many years? >> yes. >> so do you think mr. myler misled us as well? >> i believe their testimony was misleading, and i dispute it. >> do you think mr. pike, a partner at farrers... >> bergman: james murdoch led the news that night. for mark lewis, who wouldn't give up under intimidation, like the mp tom watson, persistence had kept the story alive. you've said that but for pure chance, pure serendipity, it's very possible none of this would have come out. >> correct. the journey, which is somet