Murdoch: Ouf! Is this meltdown?

[Mr Pee]

I think Mr Pee is one person who can safely be put on 'ignore', Am, as his posts rarely, if ever, contain anything of substance. He depends rather too heavily on animated cartoons to express his opinion - perhaps he's one himself?

Here's my passport photo:-

http://www.picgifs.com/smileys/smile...out-486576.gif

[Anna]

There are new arrests - 5 journalists from The Sun, and 3 people from respectively the MoD, Armed Forces and Police.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9076086/Fears-over-future-of-Sun-newspaper-after-more-arrests.html

[amateur51]

There are new arrests - 5 journalists from The Sun, and 3 people from respectively the MoD, Armed Forces and Police.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...e-arrests.html

Rupe is flying in soon, apparently to calm fears that he might be planning to close the Sun

[Stunsworth]

There are new arrests - 5 journalists from The Sun, and 3 people from respectively the MoD, Armed Forces and Police.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...e-arrests.html

All but one of Sun employees are very senior journalists, and yet neither Brooks nor Murdoch Jnr knew anything about what was going on. Call me cynical but I find that beggars belief.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Brooks and Coulson are already arrested but not yet charged ....... fully

[Flosshilde]

Rupe is flying in soon, apparently to calm fears that he might be planning to close the Sun

I note that the headline says that there are 'fears' over the future of the Sun. My only 'fear' is that it might survive - it would be of great benefit to British culture if it disappeared.

[MrGongGong]

I note that the headline says that there are 'fears' over the future of the Sun. My only 'fear' is that it might survive - it would be of great benefit to British culture if it disappeared.

:ok::ale:

[Flosshilde]

I don't want to seem ungrateful, Mr GG, but if you're offering I'd rather have a :bubbly: :smiley:

[anotherbob]

it would be of great benefit to British culture if it disappeared.

It's a sad commentary on "British culture" that the Sun has been a "soaraway success" for so long. If enough people want such a product, someone will produce it, whether it's Murdoch or not doesn't matter. Isn't the Daily Star published by a pornographer? I'm sure Dirty Des would be glad to take over from the Dirty Digger if the Sun went under.

[Flosshilde]

Indeed, but it would be a case of one down, more to follow.

[Mr Pee]

I note that the headline says that there are 'fears' over the future of the Sun. My only 'fear' is that it might survive - it would be of great benefit to British culture if it disappeared.

Well, to YOUR rather narrow definition of culture, Floozie. Culture is not just Opera, and Classical Music, Theatre and Literature. Culture includes football, Soap Operas, and indeed tabloid newpapers such as The Sun, which is read by millions of the lower classes every day. And yet you would deny these simple peasant folk :erm: their innocent enjoyment out of some misplaced sense of intellectual superiority.

And even if The Sun were to go under- which I'm quite certain it won't- you can guarantee that something very similar would quickly take its place. But you probably wouldn't object to that, would you, unless it was another Murdoch paper, in which case no doubt you'd be up on your high horse quicker than I could say "snobbery". :laugh:

[Serial_Apologist]

I think it's the Daily Depress that's owned by that Desmond Whatsisface.

[anotherbob]

I think it's the Daily Depress that's owned by that Desmond Whatsisface.

Wikipedia tells us.....
He (Richard Desmond) is the owner of Express Newspapers and founder in 1974 of Northern & Shell, which publishes various celebrity magazines, such as OK! and New!, and British national newspapers Daily Star and Daily Express. Northern & Shell also owns British television network Channel 5 as well as Portland TV[3] which, in turn, owns the adult TV channels Television X, Red Hot TV, and others.

[anotherbob]

...quicker than I could say "snobbery". :laugh:

...and nobody says it quicker.

[MrGongGong]

Well, to YOUR rather narrow definition of culture, Floozie. Culture is not just Opera, and Classical Music, Theatre and Literature. Culture includes football, Soap Operas, and indeed tabloid newpapers such as The Sun, which is read by millions of the lower classes every day. And yet you would deny these simple peasant folk :erm: their innocent enjoyment out of some misplaced sense of intellectual superiority.

And even if The Sun were to go under- which I'm quite certain it won't- you can guarantee that something very similar would quickly take its place. But you probably wouldn't object to that, would you, unless it was another Murdoch paper, in which case no doubt you'd be up on your high horse quicker than I could say "snobbery". :laugh:

careful Ferny I nearly split my stitches :laugh:

EVERYTHING is culture :laugh:

but Cage ????? :laugh: :laugh: