Saturday 16 July 2011

Fox Must Not Fall!


There’s been jubilant drunken (of course!) dancing in the streets of Thanet the past few nights inspired by what some predict will be the downfall of publishing tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s multinational empire. I haven’t joined in, not only because my mangled left knee precludes my dancing in any way other than verbally, but because I have only the pleasantest memories of working with Rupe, as he encouraged us to address him, in Hollywood back in the early 70s, on a short-lived entertainment industry trade magazine, Maestro. We were mostly in the business of exposing the psychosexual quirks of various impresarios. For a while there, we seemed on the verge of overtaking Variety as the most avidly read showbiz rag.
Rupe was a terrific boss. Long before anyone had ever proposed such a thing as casual Friday, we were required to wear neckties, in the case of the fellows, and skirts with hose, in the case of the gals, only on dress-up Wednesday. On Thursdays, Rupe treated us to kangaroo burritos; the meat was tough, but it was the thought that counted. And on Friday afternoon, we would get a keg of Foster’s in the office, and some dwarves, drink the former, and toss the latter. It might not have been “PC”, but it was good clean fun, and the little folks seemed to enjoy it no less than we did, except on those regrettable occasions when we’d almost finished the keg, and tossed them through the window. Naturally, Rupe paid all their medical bills without a murmur of complaint. 
Several Democratic senators have been baying ever more stridently for an investigation into whether Rupe’s papers hacked the cell phones of 9/11 victims. Some have speculated that if, such hacking can be proved to have occurred, it could mean the end of the Fox network. I don’t think I need to spend too long on what the loss of Fox News, which stands alone against the so-called progressive propagandists, would mean to Western democracy.
I have it on good authority that the New York Post and others did in fact hack 9/11 victims’ phones — and that what they discovered in doing so will prove for once and all that the whole “terrorist attack” was planned by liberals intent on discrediting the Bush administration. In the most startling case, an especially brazen operative of the Democratic National Committee leaves the following voicemail message for one of the victims:
Hi, [Redacted]. This is [Redacted] of the DNC. Listen, if you’ve got a sec, can you give us a ring and confirm you were killed? Appreciate it, dude. Have a great day.
The so-called progressives would sooner pull News Corp. down than let his horrifying truth be heard! And Rupert Murdoch is the one who’s supposed to be ashamed!


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