Jonnie Marbles: Why I foam-pied Rupert Murdoch

[CHIMO]

First things first: I don't hate octogenarians. I don't have a vendetta against anyone over 80 who likes to begrudgingly give evidence to parliamentary committees. Nor am I in the habit of attacking media moguls on international television. Yesterday was, hopefully, a one off.

If you're of sound mind, you might quite reasonably ask what possessed me to smuggle a shaving-foam pie into Portcullis House and throw it at (though, alas, not into) the face of one of the world's richest and most powerful men. I didn't do it because I wanted more Twitter followers. Simply put, I did it for all the people who couldn't.

It's not difficult to find reasons to dislike Rupert Murdoch. His reach is one of the most insidious and toxic forces in global politics today. The phone-hacking scandal, despicable though it is, barely scratches the surface of the damage done by News International. It is a media empire built on deceit and bile, that trades vitriol for debate and thinks nothing of greasing the wheels of power until they turn in its favour. What's more, no matter what the grievances he wreaks on those he has never met, his power and money keep him forever safely out of their reach.

Believe it or not, I even worried about Rupert Murdoch's feelings. You see, I really don't hate 80-year-olds and, at the end of the day, Rupert Murdoch is just an old man. Maybe what I was trying to do was remind everyone of that – that he is not all powerful, he's not Sauron or Beelzebub, just a human being, like the rest of us, but one who has got far too big for his boots.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/20/why-i-foam-pied-rupert-murdoch

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. Jonnie Marbles is at best an insufferable ego-maniacal asshole or

he is an insufferable ego-maniacal asshole that got paid good money to act as a diversion/relief valve for the appearance before the Parliamentary panel with the Murdochs and Brooks. Don't believe me? Simply look at the number of stories that were indexed by Google that had the pie throwing incident as the headline of the Murdoch appearance before the panel. This stunt worked to the benefit of Murdoch by providing much needed noise and distraction about their testimony.

Jonnie Dumbass is a much better moniker for this idiot.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Dude, Wendi kicked your ass...you gave them a fucking highlight

Fail.

[earcandle]

3. A successful attempt to shame the Murdocks and let them know how the proletariat feels. Good Job!

[Uncle Joe]

6. The Murdochs would have to be brain dead not to know how the proletariat feels.

The Murdochs have never been held accountable for their detestable actions until know and they're catching it from all sides as they should.

The "pie" incident only served to give their corporate media propaganda machine; an excuse to focus on something else instead of the substance of those hearings allowing them to either portray Murdoch as a victim or his wife as some great "defender."

[hay rick]

4. The American media can replay the pie-throwing instead of

investigating the News Corp hacking phones of 9-11 victims and their families. It's called taking care of your own.

[earcandle]

5. Are we now also incapable of doing two things at the same time? What a shallow bunch of nobodies we

call journalists these days.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. It made Murdoch look like a victim and his wife a hero

Maybe Murdoch's P.R. department hired this guy.

:hi:

[PADemD]

8. Agree