It is breathtaking stupidity. Most people, not just journalists, would suspect that making payments to police officers and other public officials was at the very least unorthodox and not something to shout about.
The only explanation for such a glaring gap in education is that Rupert Murdoch thought she was so talented in other respects that he expected more knowledgeable executives to provide a safety net.
That's common enough. It's always a bit of a worry, though.
But she's said she didn't do it so we'll have to see.
If it's proved I'd expect to see some officers charged and not just lowly Plods who pass over registration numbers for a drink. I'm surprised no police officer has been charged already. How can you charge someone with alleged bribery if you don't know who they were allegedly bribing? It's not fair and makes the whole thing hard to prove. Hmm.
That Select Committee was a disgrace. Did they mishear that statement or just not want to follow it up?
I was flabbergasted by the brass neck of the chairman John Whittingdale saying the other day something like being glad that we may get to the bottom of this matter now. No, thanks to you and your partisan colleagues Louise Mensch, Therese Coffey and the bloke whose name I keep forgetting.