The Official Newscorp/UK end of season finale/Rebekah Brooks did 9/11 thread

the arrogance of JM far exceeds RM to me - like even if that isn't true it's so much more evident in the extent to which he feels justified to speak, interrupt, overrule etc

― Aa Bb Obscure Dull Blue (#000066) (schlump), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:26 (22 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I'm finding it difficult to draw that kind of conclusion because they're both incredibly nervous, incredibly guarded and incredibly deceitful atm

QUANTUM CHUMP

Coffey has asked some quite interesting questions about News Corp's management of irregular payments to people outside the organisation, this might well bear fruit down the line

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lester freeman
like i guess tom watson was doing the same by being all, supposing some other lines of hacking came to light, &c

I'm finding it difficult to draw that kind of conclusion because they're both incredibly nervous, incredibly guarded and incredibly deceitful atm

i cannot permeate rupes' supershield; james is just a caricature of a schmoozy, evasive, doubletalking suit

he is doing an impression of someone who gives a shit

Is the suggestion from Watson's last question that Alex Marunchak did something that hasn't come out yet?

james volunteering an independent code of conduct because it's a better outcome for him than ACTUAL LAWS

Oh god, Rupert trying to insinuate that this is all a conspiracy to bring down the free press. Instead of an investigation into highly illegal actions performed by his company.

"there are no immediate plans for the sunday sun a possible hypothetical sunday newspaper"

lol, James was about to say "no Sunday tab" and Rupert bombed in with "no decision"

xpost ha

Oh god, Rupert trying to insinuate that this is all a conspiracy to bring down the free press. Instead of an investigation into highly illegal actions performed by his company.

― emil.y, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 00:30 (15 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yet another admission of guilt imo

Is the suggestion from Watson's last question that Alex Marunchak did something that hasn't come out yet?

yeah, it was an obscure, short-circuited close

In the latest bizarre twist in the phone hacking story it emerged that Alex Marunchak, an executive editor on the Sunday tabloid, worked for the force between 1980 and 2000 translating for Ukrainian suspects.

Is the suggestion from Watson's last question that Alex Marunchak did something that hasn't come out yet?

― carson dial, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 15:30 (22 seconds ago) Bookmark

there are allegations that he's involved with computer hacking, having gained access to an intelligence officer's laptop in northern ireland. he's also the one who helped the alleged killers of daniel morgan obstruct the police investigation.

lol, James was about to say "no Sunday tab" and Rupert bombed in with "no decision"

lol otm

james blathering about his passion for journalistic ethics was just...whut

MURDOCH: THE ONLY WAYS IS ETHICS

News Corp shares are up 3-4% today, trending up during the hearing so far - I suspect (in my near-total financial ignorance) this means "the markets" think RM is on the way out.

i could've sworn that NI publications have generally called for heads of scandal-hit organisations to man up and take the rap

Watching this, I imagine the medical profession think RM is on the way out

these murdoch boys are not used to the establishment having the upper hand, strain really showing now

@PennyRed Don't you think he looks tired? #hackgate #doctorwho

btw i love how calm the interrogators are by comparison

I don't think RM is strained ... I think he thinks this is beneath him

perhaps I'm wrong

he said 'quantum' again

QUANTUM BINGO

quantum! again!

quantum of damages!

QUANTUM CHUMP was good

Maybe if he says it five times he becomes Quantum Man.

the Tory blonde chick is waiting in the wings

to ask Tory questions maybe

who is the dead-lookin dude behind murdoch jr's shoulder?

I don't think RM is strained ... I think he thinks this is beneath him

imo he's not used to being in this position (i.e. not the strongest person in any given room) and doesn't know how to deal with it

four "the"s in a row

five "is a" in a row

"that advice was just resting in our account!"

QUANTUM OF DAMAGES

ANOTHER QUANTUM!

Tally of Quantums, please?

Quantum of Dickthump

somebody should tell james that they need more "granular" answers from him

Really enjoying watching that vein popping out of James' forehead whenever he lies.

"are you familiar with the term 'wilful blindness'"

ohhhhh burrrrrrrrrrrrn

yyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss

"Wilful blindness." hahahaha

burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn

HA HA x-post

When they were asking Murdoch if his employees had told him about the verdict of 'collective amnesia', I wished he'd said 'they must have forgotten'.

"I just run the company, I don't know shit about it, especially when we break the law."

OTMx100

the wilful blindness moment was so weird, it was like sanders was making a not-very-veiled threat to them?

like, that will be GOLD for the film

amazed by this Con MP asking at the outset what COACHING they had!