Good grief!

[blamebrampton]

Just when I think that the Murdoch hearing won't get any more interesting than the revelation Rupes frequently visited the PM through his backdoor (cue audience chortles) ...

An audience member slaps Rupert with a cream pie ...

AND WENDY DENG FLIES THROUGH THE AIR AND WHACKS THE CHAP IN THE FACE!

*Sniffs* Once again, the Murdochs can be relied on to turn serious news into entertainment.

(It's only funny because no one was hurt. But given no one was hurt, it's pretty fucking funny!)

Comments

Vaz, Tom Watson, and erstaz pies.

[wemyss.livejournal.com]

So good to see the dignity of Parliament on display.

Re: Vaz, Tom Watson, and erstaz pies.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Pies and biff aside, there has been a degree of seriousness on both sides that is welcome.

I am willing to believe that the Murdochs may not have known the details at the time, but they should have learned them subsequently rather than relying on managers or solicitors. I wish that I could believe closing NOTW was done out of disgust, but the liquidators are legally obliged to limit liability, so it reads just as strongly as a sensible move to make a lot of problems go away.

The Murdochs are not stupid people, but they have allowed stupidity to flourish because it turns a profit.

Now they have not only brought the industry into disrepute, but risk restrictions being put in place that will make it easier for governments and private companies to get away with actions that should be rightly exposed to the light of an unfettered media. And at the cost of jobs belonging to people who never had any power to make any changes.

I accept that Rupert has a very large company. Perhaps his energies might have been better spent on a slightly smaller one, run with more detailed oversight.