With one mighty slap, Wendi Deng Murdoch may have saved her husband’s company.
No longer was the story about hacking or impropriety or ethics, it was about a wife coming to her 80-year-old husband’s defense when he was attacked.
Rupert Murdoch is a hated man, obviously. He runs a company without ethics or moral compass with a history of crushing anyone who got in his way.
At the Phone Hacking Scandal Hearing, as question after question came from the Members of Parliament, he denied denied denied.
Rupert sat there stone-faced, acted like he couldn’t hear questions (maybe he actually has bad hearing) and then calmly placed blame on junior executives.
James Murdoch sat there red-faced, embarrassed – a completely worthless deer-in-headlights.
All of their answers were the answers of cowards.
Social networks were salivating at the possibility that Rupert’s empire would fall. The press were poised to rake them over the coals without mercy…
… and then he was attacked by an idiot comedian with a pie tin full of shaving cream (or whipped cream) – and Wendi Deng Murdoch went into action without thought or fear. She smacked that guy with a mighty right hand and he went down.
With one slap, the narrative of the story had changed, the old man got a little boost of sympathy and the entire hearing became a circus.
Any public judgments against News Corp. or Rupert or James had been pushed to the back – almost forcing news outlets to refocus the story on “Who is Wendi Murdoch and Where Did She Learn To Punch?”
Splitting the media attention was what was needed to get Rupert off the hot seat and this dumb ass activist being punched to the ground by Wendi Deng Murdoch accomplished that to perfection.
It makes you wonder if it was planned that way by News Corp.
Jill Kennedy – OnMedea
And I’d do it again if it weren’t that damn Wendi Deng Murdoch! But I’ll get my revenge… HA HA HA HA HAH AH!!!! I’m Johnnie Marbles!
Good one Wendy! And the woman who wrote about it: Jill Kennedy. Hilarious stuff
Awesome slap. Rupert will still get him. Though playing the frail old man may actually work as a pretty good defense for him. Don’t expect Newscorp to skate through this whole thing, Jill, just because his wife slapped some comedian.
Absolutely stunning day today. It transcends satire. What can anyone really do with that? Crazy crazy day.
This is a very poor and tendentious synopsis. The assumption that Rupert himself knew the details of all of the events and was personally responsible is bizarre and daft. Common sense should inform you that a guy running a 53,000-person conglomerate doesn’t micromanage every employee’s move. Denying knowledge of the events and blaming junior executives is simply telling the truth, not cowardice. If you have evidence that Rupert was personally involved and knowledgeable, please present it.
Secondly, far from being a deer in the headlights, James was on the ball and often smartly jumped in when his father was slow to respond. Did you actually watch the hearing? Or did you just decide to leave your moral compass at home and write without ethics?
Yes, Clint, I did watch the hearings with great interest. And, if we played back a recording of it, you would agree with my deer in the headlights analogy. He is absolutely not competent and it was further proven today. How would you judge Rupert’s performance? It seems to me the people defending Rupert are either shareholders or employees desperate to keep their jobs. And, to be fair, I would most likely be the same way.
I had to stand up today and clap loudly as I watch Wendi Deng Murdoch react with cat-like moves when chasing down a RAT! Recently, I have seen my cat chase down a rat in some oak brush in the back of my condo and could not believe my eyes and now I see a women move in the same way?! WOW! Instead of pie (and who really knows what was in that pie) on her husband face, it was a leap, clawed rake marks on the face and pie shoved right back at a man who is reported to go by the name of Marbles. It happened so fast that Murdoch did not even flinch and was left only with flecks of white on his dark suit.
Has Marbles lost his marbles? No, I dare say! What he did not expect was a tigress (A woman regarded as daring or fierce) protecting his target! She was much much much quicker than security and police in the room. Marbles is said to have called Murdoch a “greedy billionaire.” Oh my, those greedy billionaires who are getting away with murder by not paying their fair share of income taxes! Shame on them, and that all deserve pie in the face!
Police officers were later shown on video talking to the handcuffed attacker (Marbles) in the corridors outside the room where his claim to fame ended with pie in his face and claw marks. It has been said that Marbles (crying) thanked the cops from saving him from Wendi Deng Murdoch. Yes, he is a lucky man that the police finally arrived and saved him from a tigress.
Still play pretend?
Rupert Murdoch
Rudy Giuliani
Bernie Kerik
911 Racket
Who’s Wendi Deng? Um, Rupert’s trophy wife?
But I guess this was a pretty worthy diversion from the whole Sean Hoare thing.
Too funny. The whole Rupert Murdoch act was right out of the Alan Bond play book.
I’m the freaking real Tiger Mom! Wendi Deng Murdoch wishes she could be me!
Yes, we all want to be Tiger Mom…..Dad!
Methinks, many a true word spoken in jest. To a large extent, that pie really did save the Dirty Digger’s wrinkly old face.