How to lose friends

Chairman and CEO of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch (L) and Sunday Times Editor John Witherow (R) attend the funeral service of journalist Marie Colvin at St. Dominic's Church in Oyster Bay, New York, March 12, 2012. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

He’s a buddy of Blair – so you always  knew he was up to no good. Rupert Père, that is, whose readership in the UK used to be second to none – Times, Sun, NOTW. What a stable!  And young James, silver spoon firmly lodged alongside foot in mouth, had it all. But this week they will have to come cleaner than hitherto, as the evidence of their complicity in crime mounts up against them and their horsey protègè, Rebekka Brooks. The public enquiry into press standards will come alive on Tuesday. Anybody want to buy some newspapers?

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Author: Janus

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5 thoughts on “How to lose friends”

  1. I stopped subscribing to the Murdoch empire some years ago and hope the Leveson committee members give the pair of them a severe hoofing: likewise the curly ginger person who had the added misfortune of parents who didn’t know that two ‘k’s don’t equal a ‘c’.

    OZ

  2. Castles built on slime will, inevitably, sink in their own mire. I will not mourn Murdoch’s end,
    even if his US news station is the only one that isn’t a mouthpiece for the Democratic party.

  3. Janus, I honestly have not a clue, but have no doubt that the inner workings of Britannia; her unseen hierarchies and silent brothers in arms will move in, as stealthily as shadows, to save the day. Then again, I suppose I would say that, wouldn’t I?

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