Rupert Murdoch Gets Pie in the Face at Hearing

From TPM: The hearings over the News Corporation phone hacking scandal were briefly suspended after a man attacked Rupert Murdoch with a plate of shaving cream.

Murdoch's wife, Wendi Deng, hit the man back before he was pulled away and taken away in handcuffs.

Sky News identified the man as comedian Jonnie Marbles. Marbles tweeted shortly before the incident: "It is a far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before #splat."

A CNN producer in the room reports that Marbles said "you're a greedy billionaire" before trying to hit Murdoch with the shaving cream.

7/19/2011
gorillamansays...

If you can get a pie in someone's face you can get a knife in their throat.

Rupert Murdoch's the most powerful fascist on earth. He's been the de facto ruler of a number of countries, he's resposible for the deaths of thousands and the oppression of millions more, how is this the worst he gets? So tired of amateurs spoiling opportunities like this and making it more difficult for serious people to get the job done.

This isn't a victory for the good guys, it's a joke. If your political protest doesn't have a body count you've accomplished nothing.

notarobotsays...

>> ^gorillaman:
Rupert Murdoch's the most powerful fascist on earth. He's been the de facto ruler of a number of countries, he's resposible for the deaths of thousands and the oppression of millions more, how is this the worst he gets? So tired of amateurs spoiling opportunities like this and making it more difficult for serious people to get the job done.

This isn't a victory for the good guys, it's a joke.


From the assailant, Jonnie Marbles' statement:
via: http://videosift.com/video/Rupert-Murdoch-media-mogul-hit-in-face-with-foam-pie

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.

gorillamansays...

>> ^notarobot:
Then Rupert Murdoch has accomplished much?
Don't you think so? He created the most effective political force in history. That's why he needs to be destroyed.



I'm not interested in why Jonnie Marbles did what he did. He's a fucking idiot.

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