To think Rupert Murdoch should burn in the fires of hell

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Honestly, he’s evil. The Sun & all his press is the absolute worst of the worst.

The mostly fabricated story about Huw Edwards was likely timed to cover up tory scandal, bring down the bbc.

Boris Johnson STILL has defied a court order & not handed in his phone. This should be the main headline- not destroying a man for his sexual preferences (which weren’t deemed illegal activity anyway)

Murdoch is absolute scum. The most morally empty vile arsehole.

I am the same, but no, we are not immune, sadly.

I wonder how many "faces of" various newspapers have engaged in similar behaviour?

@VeniVidiWeeWee what evidence do you want? A photo of Murdoch standing next to the Hillsborough headline. As the Led by donkeys film about him shows, he had close editorial control of the Sun. 96 people lost their lives and it was a huge disaster - he was in control of the paper - what else is there to say? He had to make a formal apology and it also went to the press complaints committee too. It was his fault. He made the decisions. It’s his paper and his narrative.

So you want to make statements but not be challenged on them?

How does that make you any different to Murdoch?

You are part of the problem, OP.

I know "succession" was fiction but Brian Cox (and the writers) did a brilliant job of depicting the ability of an all-powerful dictator like Murdoch to claim they don't interfere in editorial stuff whilst making it abundantly clear what they want and ensuring people who don't go along with it get fired.
Murdoch knew full well what he was doing over Hillsborough, as well as phone hacking, just to take two filthy examples from many. People trying to make a moral equivalence between the BBC and the Murdoch empire are being very silly indeed. If the "free press" is so wonderful at reporting in the public interest, why didn't they report on Savile since apparently everyone in the media know he was a wrong 'un. Oh, hang on, he was a mate of Thatchers.

@Coolhwip REALLY? Honestly some of the comments people make on these threads are batshit. I can’t even be arsed to respond to your post as you clearly haven’t RTFT

I have read your thread, and I stand by what I said, you’re a hypocrite.

The hacking of Milly Dowler's phone should have finished Murdoch, but nothing happened.
He has way too much power in this country. Nobody gets elected without crawling up his backside. The man is evil.

'I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure'

That's quote always reminds me of evil old Rupert.

Yeah, this isn't remotely in question. Obviously people can have whatever views they want on him and his conduct personally, but the level of editorial control is not different strokes for different folks territory.

What I don’t understand is why no charges were made considering it’s illegal to have naked pictures if those under 18 as well as paying for sex to those under 18

And was it really a distraction for Boris when the initial story broke over the weekend? Are people suggesting that Boris and the Sun worked together with this?

But I also don’t understand why the parents didn’t go to the police in the first place, instead of going to the BBC a couple of months ago.

The point is you did not know that and still do not seem to. You said it was about something else. You should at least know the facts of what you have an opinion on. The inquiry is about the government response to and handling of Covid. Finding out what happened and why. Johnson, and others, should be expected to follow the rules and have been sabotaging it from the start.

And what on earth are you talking about crimes against humanity? You come across like you do not anything about even the basics of what you are talking about.

Yes! And Leveson 2 was just quietly shelved by this government. Unbelievable!

Are people suggesting that Boris and the Sun worked together with this?

No. That wouldn't be necessary.

Whatever the rights and wrongs regarding Huw Edwards YANBU regarding Murdoch He wants to discredit the BBC and control the media, and also to cover up what it suits him to cover up.

I had to look up a list of the companies he owns for a work thing once and it's truly terrifying how much global media he owns. TV,.radio, newspapers.

I'm just wondering who anyone wonders who has ever controlled the media.

Just to add to this from a different angle
Anyone watched the film "Bombshell"

Because it didn't happen. The Sun has now backtracked and said 'Oops, we didn't mean to imply that anything illegal had happened' when they absolutely did and the damage is already done.

His reporters hacked a murdered girls phone. Making her parents (and the police investigation) have false hope that she was still alive.
Evil enough for you?

The late playwright Dennis Potter called his cancer Rupert which is a bit extreme . Cancer can often be cured nowadays .

Why isn't there a left-wing paper like the Sun?

@Florenz there kind of is if you mean tabloids- the Daily mirror. It’s just not owned by a megalomaniac who is a threat to democracy.

Oh yes, I forgot about that too. Murdoch is an absolute horror.