NYT writer: James and Rupert Murdoch are ‘done’

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By Stephen C. Webster

With James Murdoch being pursued for allegedly lying to the British Parliament, and his father Rupert on the ropes and refusing to accept any responsibility for the mess his company has created, at least one prominent writer for The New York Times is predicting the downfall of both men.

"Mr. Murdoch is suddenly, deeply mortal," wrote David Carr in Sunday's media and advertising section. "And the questions that I am asking will be asked by others as well. It’s not just James who is done. Rupert Murdoch, as we have long known him, is done as well."

Amid the scandals caused by his British newspapers' phone hacking and bribery schemes, the elder Murdoch has continued to insist he will not resign as the company's CEO. Still, despite his public position, Carr writes that the board of News Corporation will likely wish to see him step down and take over as chairman, bringing in someone else to run the embattled company.

But that's not likely to happen for at least six months to a year. "Rupert would never do that at the point of gun," an unnamed source close to Murdoch told Carr.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/25/nyt-writer-james-and-rupert-murdoch-are-done/

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1. this comment at the end of the story is interesting...

"Rupert has his own protective streak when it comes to his family, and has gone to great lengths to make them central to the News Corporation’s success structure," Carr wrote. "But what his sons and daughters could soon find out is that if Mr. Murdoch is forced to choose between the family and the company he has built, he will choose the News Corporation."

:dilemma:

So--will the old pirate throw his own family under the bus?...As a pathological narcissist he really doesn't care much about the children except as an extension of his own power. (Insert favorite despot here). He's embattled and humiliated--ie. dangerous. Maybe Wendi could get him some better sleep aids. Or she might have to brush up on her pie deflecting kung fu.

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2. "The questions that I am asking . . ."

Apparently, David Carr's editor took out the words "at last" from that sentence. Because if Murdoch and his crooked empire finally totter and fall (and I'm not nearly as sanguine about that occurence as Mr. Carr is), it will be through no fault or credit of Murdoch's competitors and colleagues in the media. He has operated a pirate outfit, destroying careers and lives for decades without accountability. If Murdoch and his minions finally got to the point of overreach, it's not because other media outlets called foul.

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3. Any damages that come to them pale in comparison to what they have done to the rest of us.

[WCGreen]

4. I always tought Jonathan Pryce made a good Rupert Murdoch....

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120347/


Tomorrow Never Dies....

James Bond heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage

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5. Good, I only hope for him, his fall is as painful as his rise was for the rest of us. nt