NewsCorp just withdrew its bid for BSkyB

[MrScorpio]

Just saw the breaking news on Twitter

The empire is crumbling.

Linkypoo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/13/phone-hacking-rupert-murdoch-news-international-b-sky-b-inquiry_n_896777.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

[lame54]

1. Nice...

i can't wait for this to make it's way to FOX news

[Cirque du So-What]

7. Don't hold yer breath!

So far, FAUX has done their best to ignore the whole shitaree, so I imagine it'll be no different where withdrawal of their offer to buy BSkyB is concerned. 'Withdrawal'...bet ol' Murdick hates that word...so unmanly, yunno...and isn't it a shame about BSkyB? It would have been such a cash cow - a prominent, sparkly jewel in his crown!

:rofl:

[lame54]

11. I'm not talking about their reporting it...

I'm talking about their involvement - and possible demise

[sarge43]

2. Crash and burn.

Good.

[WingDinger]

3. You want to see panic? Rethugs arent talking about this.

They know of it. And they arent talking about it. The are petrified. They depned on fox news for everything.

[malaise]

5. Why is no one asking Ailes about the Rockefeller call for

an investigation

[malaise]

4. Broke on BBC International as well

Just the beginning - it will get much uglier

[Tatiana]

6. Damn! I hope Murdock's empire figuratively burns to the ground.

Maybe there is such a thing as justice after all.

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. Murdoch allows government not to allow him to take over BSkyB

This spoof came out in early June before all the shit hit the fan so I just changed the title.





Murdoch allows government to allow him to take over BSkyB






A group of people controlled by Rupert Murdoch has approved the sale of BSkyB to a group of people controlled by Rupert Murdoch.

News Corp chairman Murdoch has mandated that the government which he controls with one hand, insist upon several key conditions that the company he controls with his other other hand must agree to.

The conditions include having Sky News’ Articles of Association and an independent editorial director approved by the government – conditions to which News Corp is expected to agree, because they came up with them.

Media analyst Simon Matthews told us, “What we have here is a perfect example of corporate Chinese whispers, and as long as the conditions haven’t changed too much between the time Murdoch gave them to the government, and having the government replay them back to him, everything should be just fine.”

“Of course, it’s possible someone in the Lib Dems has tried to muddy the waters by adding a clause or two, but I’d imagine Murdoch would soon spot that and have them removed.”

http://newsthump.com/2011/06/30/murdoch-allows-government-to-allow-him-to-take-over-bskyb/

[JPZenger]

9. Now that the empire is crumbling, aim for the Death Star -- Faux "news"

[annabanana]

10. schadenfreude is so tasty. . . n/t

[Scurrilous]

12. K & R

:thumbsup:

[lpbk2713]

13. The boss has other looming financial priorities at this time.

Like astronomical legal fees coming up in the foreseeable future.





... and it couldn't happen to a better scumbag.

[hifiguy]

14. DU definitely needs that smiley

What say, mods?

[LeftishBrit]

15. k&r. Good news - but he's still got too much power in the media!

[Major Hogwash]

16. The deal wouldn't have been approved. In the US, it would have been. Comcast Sux!

And that's all there is to it!!!!!