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

Am hearing Cameron "being summoned to special 1922 committee headed by Tories tomorrow" -- confirm/deny, anyone?

Twitter is saying exactly that.

Can this end already, I need to go out.

John Whittingdale is a 1922'er.

"I'm glad you've asked that!"

"I'd like to take this opportunity to talk for a very long time without answering the question"

did parliament end up being a debate tomorrow or just a statement? i guess he has a busy day.

feel like JM has deferred on so many qs that he actually would have to honour his frequent offers to come back again.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/jul/19/phone-hacking-rupert-murdoch-rebekah-brooks-mps#block-118

this could very well be murdoch snr's final appearance as ceo of news corp

On the other matters that have caught your attention this week, assuming we are thinking of the same thing, I am sure you will understand that we will want to be able to be entirely clear, for your sake and ours, that we have not been in contact with you about this subject.

So I don't think it would really be appropriate for the PM, or anyone else at No 10, to discuss this issue with you, and would be grateful if it were not raised please.

how did we define wilful blindness again

Said 1922 committee meeting would be fun to overhear.

"...and in the immortal words of Stanley Baldwin, "Your ass went from the House to hangin with Rupe to Brooks to James and Andy C. murdered you on your own shit.""

this could very well be murdoch snr's final appearance as ceo of news corp

have you asked him about this document?

no.

why not?

which document?

rupe's colostomy bag must need changing at this point

Can someone just bitch at him already for the death of Rawkus? RIP

Twitter helped out there already, a hoy hoy:

huahsu hua
"Mr. Murdoch--James--would you please clarify whether Kool G Rap did indeed receive a 650,000 pound wage packet from Rawkus Records?"

god this is just agonizingly dull

What did you expect? A shootout?

sorry i may have raised people's hopes

^ OMG! There should be one in the movie! (xpost to self)

Unbelieveable:

'brevity, please'

Alan Keen asks: 'could you paint a picture of how a Sunday newspaper is run?'

lol

could you breeze through the 168 year history of the notw

"A Sunday newspaper is run the same as any other paper, except we all go to church in the morning first"

Lol @ all the journo's lolling behind RM's back

No Bagshawe questions through this whole thing? Sorry, she'll never be a Mensch to me.

i love those occasional coquettish delicate may i? may i just may i?s that james throws in

6.30am unlock office
6.45am put kettle on
6.52am accept bribes from politicians
6.54am order yummy chocolate cake delivery for scotland yard
6.57am drink tea

6.55 extricate embedded information from cake

"there are thresholds of materiality where things have to move upstream": james getting metaphysical??

7.04am begin answering yes/no question
11.27am finish answering yes/no question

prefer his metaphysics to the basic physics of 'the folder was full of paper'

emma watson getting bored of the engineer guy freewheelin with his stories

some real dead weight in the room

murdoch snr does not believe in personal privacy

how does it feel to be using the methods of investigative journalism for non investigative journalism in a way that harms the future of investigative journalism

unless it's 20 cameras/mics in his face outside his house obv xp

Watching this is relaxing, haven't felt this calm in ages!

i think he is actually trying to pay off the mps in the room right now

haha rupert was just WAITING to bring up mps' expenses, wasn't he

looooool singapore the most open society in the world

bahahaha now he's talking up SINGAPORE of all places!! was that facetious or

i think he is actually trying to pay off the mps in the room right now

ha ha yes

"well i think and i think and i think, i think, i think after i think"

Guy in the green tie behind James, getting a bit bored.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaand he just talked up using newspapers to run campaigns

had enough of this "i'm a good person" shtick from this slimy shit, it's 1.45am, going to bed

enjoy sideshow bob

Guy in the green tie behind James, getting a bit bored.

dude he has been practically mummified throughout

I'm sorry – my son has just told me not to gesticulate.

"This damn middle finger of mine!"

wth? (am on radio)

holy fuck