Former British prime minister Tony Blair said he made a strategic decision not to the power of the media, in his office, he at Monday's news ethical inquires the testimony.
Blair said that in 1997, 2007 and of the prime minister, he worried about getting other do, it will stop his Labour government battle would be so great.
59 years old, in Leveson inquires the evidence of the news, culture, tradition and moral, because it into the connection between the politicians and the media, it's radar.
Mr Blair is to put to him and the close relationship between murdoch. Blair is murdoch's godfather, Britain's most popular newspaper, rupert murdoch's sun, and support him in three elections.
Former prime minister said, it's inevitable, top politicians and media executives will have close interaction, but the important thing is to stop relationship became ill health.
He said, in the British media the biggest problem is that the news and comment on some of the documents between the fuzzy, in the report stopped become simple news, and become a "political power tool."
"Of course you don't worry about the power of the at you," he said.
"I spent a strategic decision-this is not a problem, I'm going to be.
Enter the "method is as follows: I tried to do many things, I believe, for the Labour party for the country, by analogy.
"I think, rightly or wrongly, if in these cases, I said," well, I have decided to what I do is to take on the media and change, in the media law ".
"He said," my view is that, you will have to remove the deck. This will be an absolute great fight. Pay, actually push a lot of things, I care more about price, you will be quoted some reforms, he drove through.
Mr Blair said the two most powerful newspaper for the sun respectively and "daily post".
"Daily post" reported, if you love, you are influenced by the "general offensive," he told investigators, saying his family and those close to him had suffered from such treatment.
Mobile phone hackers in the world since the tabloid scandal has been closed murdoch's news, the current prime minister David Cameron was established in July survey.
Culture secretary Jeremy hunt, combat called for the resignation survey trial evidence, will also provide evidence of all day on Thursday.
Leveson ask revealed the office about the leak hunt for pay TV giants of BSkyB complete control of news corporation announced last month E-mail.
News corporation was forced to July high profit decline of broadcasting organizations, it are still in control of 39% of the mobile phone hackers scandal, public outcry.
Australia was born murdoch, 81, was forced to close in July in the news of the world tabloid, it visit a murdered girl's voice mail, and dozens of public figures the enlightenment of the storm.
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