Rupert Murdock, the billionaire media mogul that has blessed us with FIX News, is in a bit of a pickle.
News Corp. (NWSA) Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch is heading to London to manage fallout from the phone-hacking scandal that forced the closure of the News of the World tabloid, said a person familiar with the situation.
Murdoch is being drawn into an ongoing scandal that the closure of the 168-year-old tabloid, announced earlier this week, has failed to put to rest. Journalists at News of the World, Britain’s best-selling Sunday newspaper, allegedly tapped the voice mails of crime victims and paid police officers for stories, leading to calls for the ouster of Rebekah Brooks, CEO of the News International publishing unit and an executive who is said to be close to Murdoch.
Now Murdoch, not known for journalistic integrity, is acting shocked and outraged that his newspaper/tabloid would stooped to this low.
Personally, I find that absurd - he owns supermarket tabloid The Star, New York Post - known for news sensationalism, and he gave Glen Beck a daily platform.
His behavior reminds me of the following famous scene in the classic movie Casablanca.
Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.
[aloud]
Captain Renault: Everybody out at once!
Murdoch has made billions off of garbage and now he appears to be surprised by how his minions troll around for such smut.
I'm not buying.
Anyone with a touch of political reality would understand Murdoch's motivation,one word money.
ReplyDeleteMurdoch has no sense of decency, anything he says or do is suspect in my mine!
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What I find so enjoyable about this mans self inflicted quandary is the fact that its just that, self inflicted.
ReplyDeleteAs much as he and his supporters may want to blame the "liberal press", enemies, Obama, his dog or anyone/anything else it all comes back to him.
Not that it'll stop them from trying to pass it off on something or someone.