what especially sucks about that is that foxtel (only 25% owned by news corp btw) is essentially running a pay tv monopoly here, having either defeated in the market or attempted to acquire its opposition (in a country where murdoch already has far too much influence)
― TURPS-DEFCON1.jpg (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
FREE MARKET BLARGH BLARGH BLARGH
― Nascar Pony (stevie), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
Frontline all about this tonight for US Fans of Murdoch-Bashing.
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
I am another crazy
― TURPS-DEFCON1.jpg (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/05/sky-news-hacking-emails-canoe-man
― Nascar Pony (stevie), Thursday, 5 April 2012 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
LOL BSkyB
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
i think this is the right time to revisit this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS5mVoqJpUk
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
POOR JAMES
― I accidentally sonned your dome (stevie), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
Naughtie obv, murdoch can go boil
― I accidentally sonned your dome (stevie), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
JM has got a really annoying voice. I can't work out whether he's irritated he's at the inquiry or just a bit thick.
― mmmm, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
shoulda stuck to the record industry imho
― I accidentally sonned your dome (stevie), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/so-permanent-secretary-did-jeremy-hunt-tell-parliament-the-truth-yesterday-7681804.html
― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Thursday, 26 April 2012 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
Rupert Murdoch @rupertmurdoch
Now we on cusp of new wave of tech transformations to beat last century growth. Big data,smart manufacturing and wireless. Exciting !
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
sthing abt his cadence, nonsequiturs and partially demented rambling reminds me of lee perry
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
he is a great tweeter
― caek, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
he is a terrible human being
― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Saturday, 28 April 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
non-stop corporate bollock speak does that - impossible to emote when talking that shyte.
i would love for some to drop him a tab, see him loosen up and see what happens then.
i reckon he is holding some serious secrets for future power games.
― mark e, Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
I reckon he is a bit thick
― o s– man (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
oh my
― caek, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
Entertaining stuff, this report.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 12:52 (eleven years ago) link
(from the guardian):
"Philip Davies says it is not only way over the top, but completely ludicrous, to say that Rupert Murdoch is not fit to run a major international company.
"We all make mistakes, we all wish we'd done things differently," he says."
― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 12:56 (eleven years ago) link
That's him admitting he shouldn't've been a Tory, then?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 13:02 (eleven years ago) link
it wasn't a tab, but he wasn't as wild and crazy as you'd think, and this was back when he was 21-22
although I guess now with all the money sitting around him he could really afford to be wild and crazy
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 13:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3n9ackSUt1qzmrkzo1_1280.jpg
zing
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 7 May 2012 08:38 (eleven years ago) link
:D burrrrrrrn
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 May 2012 09:26 (eleven years ago) link
On her relationship with News Corporation executive chairman Rupert Murdoch, she said "in the main, on the big issues we had similar views" but they disagreed over issues including the environment, immigration and font size.
― Mark G, Friday, 11 May 2012 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
"anti-Sky bid alliance"
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Friday, 11 May 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/15/rebekah-brooks-charged-perverting-course-justice?CMP=twt_gu
Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, is to be charged with perverting the course of justice, the Crown Prosecution Service said on Tuesday.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 09:05 (eleven years ago) link
oh that's too bad
― Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 09:06 (eleven years ago) link
Still, Chin up and lol, etc.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 09:07 (eleven years ago) link
In a statement, they accused the CPS of "posturing" and said: "We deplore this weak and unjust decision."
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 09:09 (eleven years ago) link
looking important to this important and high-profile news story gracing the cover of tomorrow's telegraph
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 09:14 (eleven years ago) link
I blame the Anti-Sky Bid Alliance
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 09:49 (eleven years ago) link
lol this thread started 5 days after she allegedly did 9/11/the offence
― caek, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:50 (eleven years ago) link
wait no, there are ~3 charges, she was allegedly conspiring all through july afaict
is this about when her husband dumped a laptop in a dustbin that time?
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 11:15 (eleven years ago) link
Perverting the course of justice is a serious crime. It has to be tried in the Crown Court before a jury and can, in theory, lead to a life sentence.
If can't do the time, don't do the crime.
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 11:25 (eleven years ago) link
... LOL, DC
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 11:27 (eleven years ago) link
I know Cory Doctorow can be irritating, but this is a good review of Dial M for Murdoch:http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/dial-m-for-murdoch-e.html
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 11:55 (eleven years ago) link
Holy shit. Yeah wondering if some of the charges are linked to this mysterious laptops-in-bins thing, which was never really followed up.
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
lots of love
― caek, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
Shocking apologism from ITN at the moment - "it's not murder, it's not rape -it's sometimes difficult to believe that all this is about accessing voice messages", "if they're cleared, there will be a reckoning"....
― Just like you, except hot (ShariVari), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
sounds like brooks was perfectly happy to participate as long as everything went her way
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
hardcore fucking sook
she's so got a dossier .. that statement = "dont fuck with me, or your wife will find out"
― mark e, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
Brian Limond @DaftLimmy
Imagine finding Rebekah Brooks dead in her cell. The trauma! Why, I would wish to compensate the officer £10,000. I repeat, £10,000.
― navihchkan (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 00:43 (eleven years ago) link
nagl
― raw feel vegan (silby), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 01:20 (eleven years ago) link
nagl pt 2: http://politicalscrapbook.net/2012/05/jeremy-hunt-fred-michel-texts/
― stet, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
!
― Pacific Trash Vortex (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 25 May 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
protester but no pie
blair's a poised, smarmy bastard isn't he
all his vocal tics drive me mad
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Monday, 28 May 2012 11:27 (eleven years ago) link