Lead story for 24 hrs on Google News has been Wendi Deng Murdoch

[brentspeak]

Current Google News lead story, from the The Daily Mail: "Wendi Deng Murdoch: The internet finds a new heroine in Rupert's Tiger Wife".

Apparently, some sort of massively coordinated online PR operation is underway to make sure that Rupert Murdoch's wife's "heroic" defense of a probably Murdoch-arranged pie-throwing-to-garner-undeserved-sympathy replaces the central issue of News Inc's phone-hacking as the major story.

Combined with the all-too-convenient death of News Inc. whistleblower Sean Hoare, do you get the sinking feeling that the fix is in to make sure that Murdoch will successfully slime his way out of his misdeeds?

[damntexdem]

1. Windy Dung Merduck.

Hey, what's she got against pie, anyway? ;-)

[onehandle]

2. This will be a Saturday Night Live skit and Murdoch will get away with it.

And the pieman helped.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1530456

[Uncle Joe]

5. I agree on all counts, it was stupid, unnecessary and took the focus off the hearings.

And that's all most of the corporate media needed, an excuse to cover anything except the substance of those hearings including James Murdoch's apparent inconsistent statements to reality in regards to payoffs.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x615173

Despite telling parliamentary committee that astronomical sums were not paid, total cost of Gordon Taylor case to NI was £1m

I also agree re: SNL coverage, their skit will either make Murdoch out to be a victim or his wife to be a "tiger" for defending him.

I wouldn't be surprised to find out they paid this comedian to do it on purpose.

[Rex]

3. Hey, GWB got away with wiretapping - why can't his bud to the same?

Sure, one controlled the country...but evidently the other controlled TWO countries!

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!

[madrchsod]

4. some say she slept her way to the top...

some say she`s a wonderful woman with a heart of gold...............

[guitar man]

6. A heroine?

Geez... She was just pissed off that Rupert was getting a creampie when she was wanting one :silly:

[PavePusher]

7. And again we document the death of civility.

Hypocrisy must be nutritious, so many people seem to feed on it.

[crazyjoe]

8. I knew this was going to happen.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1522113&mesg_id=1522208

[Qutzupalotl]

9. Google News leans right for some reason.

At the top of the results is usually Fox News or similar right-leaning outfits. I don't know why.