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Vox Pop : U.S. Debt Ceiling Negotiations & The Murdoch Phone Hacking Scandal : 07/19/11

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Albany, NY – Lawmakers continued negotiations on a deficit-cutting plan today ahead of the August 2nd deadline to raise the debt ceiling. Meanwhile, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his son James faced a grilling from British lawmakers about the intensifying phone hacking scandal involving their tabloid "News of the World." Both issues are the focus of this edition of Vox Pop, with WAMC's Alan Chartock