Associated Newspapers Overtakes News International as UK’s Biggest National Newspaper Publisher

News International’s long unbroken position as the UK’s most influential national newspaper publisher would appear to be over.

Phil Linehan www.philitics.com
Why did it take people so long to cotton on to Murdoch? Two years ago I wrotee: Be Careful About the Horse You Back (Or That Backs You) When Rupert Murdoch wanted his venom to promote and tell U.S. and other citizens how they should vote he found that, as he had the bad luck to be Australian, he could not enter foreign markets where he was an alien. Not for a single moment did that give our hero pause as he quickly found a way around all the media laws. He would buy himself a brand new citizenship so that on American television he could get a grip. He flushed his Oz passport quickly down the loo and viewers with his U.S. Fox cable channel he set out to woo. So no-one would have any doubts about his noxious views he produced a reactionary programme he designated Fox News. A requirement for those he selected to speak was an innate ability to be able to shriek. No honeyed tones would viewers have to endure so he told his lackeys the most strident to hire they always should be sure. The females he anointed to broadcast his malice all had one thing in common with Charles Dodgson’s Alice. Except for the few darker toned tokens Fox displays on occasion each is expected to be a blonde-haired pale faced Caucasian. A touch of bleach would avoid comments that can be called snide as some gals their dark partings are unable to hide. A few bucks spent on peroxide should meet all their needs and allow his Foxies to look like native-born Swedes. To expand his empire he turned his eyes to Hong Kong with China as his target, but he proved to be wrong. So he got rid of Anna, his wife of 32 years who, with her 1.2 billion dollar settlement, did not shed many tears. If he could replace her with someone who was Chinese he was convinced he could her fellow countrymen please. So he chose a young lady who just happened to be his Hong Kong Star TV’s newly appointed V.P. Alas, no-one dared tell him in Beijing that is not thought to be cool where marrying a Westerner is seen as dilating their purer gene pool. So now Rupert had to devote all his attention to a much easier target bemoaning the fact he no longer had Margaret.* Nonetheless, he is determined to get the Brits to do what he wants as his newly caught prize he unashamedly flaunts. But David Cameron should be careful when he reaches for the pie in the Sky for he might find that his plans have all gone awry. * Thatcher

8/16/2011