Rupert Murdoch has accused Gordon Brown of making misleading statements over the publication of his son's medical details in the Sun.Giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry, the chairman of News Corp said the former prime minister had not been in a balanced state of mind when the Sun withdrew support of the Labour Party in 2009.He added: “When the hacking scandal broke, [Brown] made a totally outrageous statement, which he had to know was wrong, when he called us a ‘criminal organisation’, because he said that we had hacked into his personal medical records when he knew very well how the Sun had found out about his son, the condition of his son, which was very sad.”Murdoch told the inquiry Rebekah Brooks, then chief executive of News International, had pulled the story, sent in by father of another patient at hospital where Brown's son was being treated, from the newsdesk and personally contacted Sarah Brown to ask how the story should be handled. He said Brown’s wife had later written to Brooks thanking her after the story was published, and the letter was now with police investigating alleged criminality at his company.He contradicted evidence given to the inquiry by former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie, who said Brown had “roared” down the phone at Murdoch for 20 minutes after the paper switched allegiance to the Conservatives.He added: “I must stress, no voices were raised. He said ‘well, your company has declared war on my government. And we have no alternative but to make war on your company’ and I said, ‘I’m sorry about that Gordon, thank you for calling’, end of subject.”He told Robert Jay QC, inquiry counsel: "If he wanted my opinion he only had to read editorials in the Sun”.Following yesterday's revelations News Corp had an alleged backdoor channel to the office of culture secretary Jeremy Hunt, the proprietor said his BSkyB bid had coincidentally come a month after the 2010 general election.This contradicted evidence from his son James, who told the inquiry the bid was held back until after the election to prevent it becoming “a political football”.Murdoch said his main concern at the time was independent directors driving the price of the remaining shares to “something unrealistic”, adding the idea he used the influence of the Sun or supposed political power to sway decisions was a “complete myth”.James Murdoch said yesterday the proposed price had been set at $12 million.The proprietor was questioned over his relationships with other senior politicians, including the Sun's backing of Tony Blair before the 1997 general election. Murdoch said he had never asked Blair for anything during his time as Prime Minister and denied a link between the Sun’s endorsement of Labour and articles written by Blair for the Sun and the Times.He added: “I think we all like to back a winning racehorse, you like to be on the winning side, but no, that was not a motivation.”Murdoch denied being the one of the “main powers behind Thatcher’s throne” and said his desire to crush the trade unions in Wapping played no part in the success of the acquisition.He admitted berating MacKenzie for the infamous Sun headline “It was the Sun wot won it” following Conservative success at the 1992 elections, calling it “tasteless and wrong”.He added: “I don’t remember it. I thought it was a little overenthusiastic but my son, who is here today and was apparently beside me, said I did indeed give him a hell of a bollocking.”The tycoon, who will continue giving evidence during tomorrow’s hearing, said he regretted the Times decision not to buy a disc containing information on MPs expenses and said he was “jealous” of the story, eventually run in the Daily Telegraph.He said he was disappointed with Times editor James Harding for publishing the NightJack story, exposing anonymous blogger Richard Horton, and appalled at lawyer Alastair Brett for misleading the High Court as to how his identity was uncovered by journalist Patrick Foster.Murdoch said: "I am appalled that the lawyer misled the court and disappointed that the Editor published the story."Murdoch's witness statement revealed News International's management and standards committee is handing over information to the United States government's Department of Justice, who are investigating alleged phone hacking.