Rupert Murdoch seems to have had some time on his hands over the last few days, and you know what that means: He’s tweeting again — giving the public the least-varnished insight possible into the mind of the world’s most powerful media mogul. Per usual, he offered opinions about a wide range of topics from wind power (“Waste of money now and forever”) to his competition (“Digital revenue down at Washington Post and NYT. Up strongly at WSJ. What gives?”). But he seemed especially irked by the reaction on the social network last week to a finding by Parliament’s Culture Media and Sport Committee that his handling of the UK hacking scandal made him “not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company.” Murdoch said on Saturday: “Seems impossible to have civilised debate on twitter. Ignorant,vicious abuse lowers whole society, maybe shows real social decay.” Channel4News anchor Jon Snow responded: “I find that in life one reaps what one sows…” Murdoch’s reply yesterday: “Once again, I agree. Read transcript of me before Leveson” — a reference to his late April testimony before a UK investigation into the relationship between the government and the press. Murdoch told the inquiry led by Lord Justice Brian Leveson that “someone took charge of a cover-up which we were victim to and I regret.” Another responder to Murdoch’s original tweet said it was “unbelievable coming from you” as the owner of “The Sun, Rupert. The fucking Sun” — one of the UK’s most sensational tabloids. Rupert’s reply: “Don’t buy it, dummy.”


Somebody’s awfully curmudgeon.
An old lion raging against the dying of the light and we get to watch. I honestly wouldn’t feel such schadenfreude if he wasn’t signing the checks for Fox News, the worst thing to plague America since the Dust Bowl. All that yellow journalism is coming back to haunt him, and I couldn’t be happier. Too bad his kids have to suffer.
His kids aren’t adults who’ve been able to make their own choices about their paths in life for some time now?
He’s getting pissed that tools he used to screw others are being used on him. Which usually happens with right wingers. Loving it. Hope the screw keeps getting turned til the end on him.
“seems impossible to have civilized debate on twitter”? Yeah, isn’t twitter the one place we all head to for “civilized debate”? You’ll assuredly find only the best minds on twitter such as Rupe- ooops never mind.
Anyone who thought (thinks) the slimy ways of the News of the World and the Sun are OK, but doesn’t like what is said on twitter and “hurts civilization” is not a well person.
Rupert twitters ” Ignorant,vicious abuse lowers whole society…” wow – sounds like he finally caught an episode of Fox News.
If Jon Snow disagrees with you than you are effed, Mr. Murdoch. I mean, he has a direwolf and the whole Nights Watch behind him. If they can fight and kill the White Walkers, than surely taking care of Murdoch will be only slightly more challenging (trick is to use Dragon steel, it’s his only weakness).
Lamenting social decay on twitter is like proclaiming no one knows how drive anymore after causing a five-car pile up.
Rupert baby, karma s a bitch. It’s embarrassing that you would whine after all the damage you’ve done. Take your long overdue comeuppance like a man and disappear with your billions.