July 19, 2011
— Ace Remember when the Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush was feted by the media as a "folk hero"? Partly this was understandable, as there were many in Iraq to whom he became a folk hero; but the media went one better and clearly signaled its allegiance to that point of view.
Well, now Rupert Murdoch is attacked, and Contessa Brewer
says that the attack "encapsulates" what many in Britain are feeling right now.
Question: Should such an attack befall one of their fave raves, can we expect a similar "to some, he's considered a hero" treatment for the attacker?
Funny, I don't remember Joe Wilson getting the Hero Edit for saying "You lie." I seem to remember that being an awful, racist breach.
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Posted by: Vic at July 19, 2011 12:01 PM (M9Ie6)
So is this a "Not surprised, just disappointed" post? Cause, if so, I'm pretty well with you.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at July 19, 2011 12:01 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Ken at July 19, 2011 12:02 PM (fFh95)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 19, 2011 12:02 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Olliander at July 19, 2011 12:02 PM (6uiF7)
Posted by: Rick Perry at July 19, 2011 12:03 PM (Dqb/n)
FIFScruntessa
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 19, 2011 12:03 PM (r4t7/)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 19, 2011 12:04 PM (qAnal)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 19, 2011 12:04 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: t-bird at July 19, 2011 12:05 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 19, 2011 12:05 PM (UOM48)
So I can slam a pie into Bill Maher's face for being subhuman trash? Okay then.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 19, 2011 12:06 PM (VtjlW)
"Funny, I don't remember Joe Wilson getting the Hero Edit for saying "You lie." I seem to remember that being an awful, racist breach."
And that was just from the GOP and his ostensible allies on the Right.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at July 19, 2011 12:06 PM (xy9wk)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 19, 2011 12:06 PM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Peaceloving Muslim at July 19, 2011 12:07 PM (c45xH)
Silly string.
I would have gone with CheezeWiz, but I'm afraid he'd just catch it in his mouth.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at July 19, 2011 12:07 PM (8y9MW)
Murdoch supported Clinton in the NY senate race and Obama for
president, so the leftish media was attacking a left wing figure.
Posted by: nan at July 19, 2011 12:07 PM (1GC2w)
Posted by: t-bird at July 19, 2011 12:09 PM (FcR7P)
Murdoch supported Clinton in the NY senate race and Obama for
president, so the leftish media was attacking a left wing figure.
Posted by: nan at July 19, 2011 04:07 PM (1GC2w)
and he apparently gave an enormous amount of money to "the campaign".
He only did Fox cause he saw an opening there to make money.
Besides, when rebeccah quite, couldn't you tell the man on the white horse is calling all the shots these days?
Posted by: curious at July 19, 2011 12:10 PM (k1rwm)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at July 19, 2011 12:10 PM (rN9Na)
"Dang, I can't find the Contessa Brewer "dancing" video on YouTube anymore."
I remember it being someone else.
Posted by: dudeformerlyinsantacruz at July 19, 2011 12:11 PM (BRa9r)
We, on the other hand, cannot be talked about without our permission. We rule; we reign; we squash dissent.
( if you agree with any of the above, kill your self ASAP )
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, only occasionally wrong at July 19, 2011 12:11 PM (UqKQV)
Indeed. Rupert Murdoch is not particularly conservative- as many of the uber-ultra-mega rich are not. He is, nevertheless, a capitalist who saw an unfilled niche in an otherwise saturated market.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at July 19, 2011 12:11 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: yinzer at July 19, 2011 12:11 PM (/Mla1)
Posted by: curious at July 19, 2011 12:12 PM (k1rwm)
What does Murdoch have on Obama's '08 campaign and entire administration that shakes Bluffy's roost?
Posted by: maverick muse at July 19, 2011 12:12 PM (lpWVn)
it won't matter, he waited until he could survive without American interests, can't you see, the chinese have his back?
Posted by: curious at July 19, 2011 12:13 PM (k1rwm)
"what many in Britain are feeling?"
Again, where/who are the victims in this scandal?
Victims, where are they?
Posted by: soothsayer at July 19, 2011 12:13 PM (sqkOB)
Posted by: toby928™ Hypocrite at July 19, 2011 12:13 PM (GTbGH)
Not that he didn't compete filling the socialist niches as well.
Posted by: maverick muse at July 19, 2011 12:14 PM (lpWVn)
He was rejected by the trilateral Commission and has been angry ever since.
Beck is a clown and a populist showman. And he doesn't "know" anything.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 19, 2011 12:14 PM (LH6ir)
Great. Now I've got Perky Katie dirty-dancing in front of a young girl in my head.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 19, 2011 12:15 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: curious at July 19, 2011 12:15 PM (k1rwm)
Posted by: dudeformerlyinsantacruz at July 19, 2011 12:15 PM (BRa9r)
Posted by: Marcus at July 19, 2011 12:15 PM (CHrmZ)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, only occasionally wrong at July 19, 2011 12:16 PM (UqKQV)
So what is he suggesting?
Posted by: Mjim at July 19, 2011 12:16 PM (rN9Na)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at July 19, 2011 12:16 PM (71LDo)
As far as I can tell the only victims have been the family of the murder victim.
What they did was awful to these private citizens.
The public figures? I don't much care.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 19, 2011 12:16 PM (LH6ir)
Nah, there were pictures of Katie's grinding and dirty dancing, but no video.
The vid I'm thinking of had Contessa doing a stupid (non-dirty) foot-shuffling embarassment of a "dance" with some dipshit.
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 19, 2011 12:16 PM (qAnal)
Posted by: garrett at July 19, 2011 12:16 PM (aBIyq)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at July 19, 2011 12:17 PM (bxiXv)
The royal family. boo-hoo, not.
A child victim of 9/11 -- possibly real, but as likely the "leak" was done by anyone willing to make a profit from another's death, any party's leadership qualifies.
Posted by: maverick muse at July 19, 2011 12:17 PM (lpWVn)
Posted by: Dead Cat at July 19, 2011 12:18 PM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2011 12:18 PM (TMB3S)
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 19, 2011 12:19 PM (zsvKP)
A hack British "comedian" attacks an old man with a pie during serious Parliamentary hearings and almost gets his wussy ass handed to him by the tiny Chinese wife of the old man. Doesn't that just about sum up the left?
And to echo what others have said here and elsewhere, how the HELL did this loser get into Parliament? With a pie? What if it had been a bomb? Or laced with anthrax? Hello, Parliament security? You home?
Posted by: MWR at July 19, 2011 12:19 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 19, 2011 12:19 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 19, 2011 12:19 PM (bxiXv)
They are getting scary.
Posted by: cherry π at July 19, 2011 12:20 PM (OhYCU)
Posted by: curious at July 19, 2011 12:20 PM (k1rwm)
Posted by: joncelli at July 19, 2011 12:20 PM (RD7QR)
Compare to what? A orangutans shaved ass? Or do you simply have problems with your eyesight?
Posted by: Marcus at July 19, 2011 12:20 PM (CHrmZ)
Posted by: Mike at July 19, 2011 12:20 PM (pfVmL)
Try this perky Katy on for size.
And yes, we want pictures.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 19, 2011 12:21 PM (LH6ir)
I have no doubt that if someone had gone after Murdoch with a real weapon, the networks would be orgasmic in their "Breaking News!!!!eleventy!!!!" coverage.
Of course it's different if a certain newspaper commits treason by publishing stolen national secrets or a TV network falsifies "evidence" to attack the Eeeeevil Boosh or anyone they disagree with.
Scandals associated with Osama Obama? Never heard of 'em.
I think the reaction to Murdoch's troubles is less political than a massive case of envy that he built a successful media operation without getting gubmint handouts or committing treason.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 19, 2011 12:21 PM (Qm45/)
The vid I'm thinking of had Contessa doing a stupid (non-dirty) foot-shuffling embarassment of a "dance" with some dipshit.
Well then I'm glad I didn't know about it. 
Posted by: dudeformerlyinsantacruz at July 19, 2011 12:21 PM (BRa9r)
Posted by: Marcus at July 19, 2011 12:22 PM (CHrmZ)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 19, 2011 04:21 PM (sqkOB)
The times as well
Posted by: robtr at July 19, 2011 12:22 PM (MtwBb)
OT: Bachmann's done it now. Headline on Yahoo news: Bachmann criticizes Black Farmer Settlement.
It's enough to ge me a migrane.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at July 19, 2011 12:23 PM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: Star Wars Fans Standing in Line for Nine Weeks for Premiere of Joe Johnston's "Citizen Fett" at July 19, 2011 12:23 PM (CL99U)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 19, 2011 12:23 PM (UOM48)
Remember all the "praise" Ace once heaped on C*ntessa:
As I have noted with footnotes and authoritative citations previously, Contessa Brewer is a dirty, lying, pus-mouthed whore.
A cheap, sore-riddled nasty bit of gutterscrunge who'll rent you her mouth for the change in your pocket.
A tawdry wallow-trollop oozing with syphilitic fester who raises her filthy skirts at the scent of crack-smoke.
A disease-dripping pincushion, the media's vile mattress of last resort, a pathogen in garish vinyl high heels, a loose-toothed croup-breathed nightcrawler reeking of bathtub gin, fungicide, and the genetic stink of human desperation.
A skanky bit of mung-trash sloughing off diseased skin like a leprous snake. (A leprous snake who whores out her verminous cloaca for two bits a pop, I mean.)
This sad clown of a whore, oozing with foul custard and slack and sloppy as an over-used trash bag, is too stupid to know how to lie judiciously, and so lies promiscuously and wantonly, demonstrating all the discretion she once showed in junior high when her nickname was "Automatic" Brewer.
By the way: No, I don't think Contessa Brewer really "did" this. She's too stupid. She doesn't have that kind of responsibility. Her job is to wear a wonderbra, eat rice pudding with a "safety spoon," blow the line producer, and read the phonetically-spelled questions someone else writes for her.
/I freaking love this screed btw, Ace. 
Well done, sir!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 19, 2011 12:23 PM (9hSKh)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 19, 2011 12:23 PM (UlUS4)
Just saw Liz Cheney in an elevator and asked her about this story.
"I wouldn't scissor that idiot Cuntessa with your pussy and a 10 foot pole."
Posted by: Liz Cheney at July 19, 2011 12:24 PM (mLAWK)
Posted by: Marcus at July 19, 2011 12:24 PM (CHrmZ)
Posted by: Marcus at July 19, 2011 12:25 PM (CHrmZ)
Posted by: monica lewinsky at July 19, 2011 12:25 PM (012vu)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 19, 2011 12:26 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Marcus at July 19, 2011 12:27 PM (CHrmZ)
Is it me or does Candy Crowley look like John Candy in drag?
Which means that Candy married John, she'd be... a necrophiliac.Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 19, 2011 12:27 PM (UlUS4)
Posted by: Marcus at July 19, 2011 12:28 PM (CHrmZ)
True. No reason to leave money (or influence) lying on the table.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at July 19, 2011 12:29 PM (8y9MW)
So what is he suggesting?
Posted by: Mjim at July 19, 2011 04:16 PM (rN9Na)
I highly doubt that. The News of the World was more a tabloid than a serious news publication. They didn't call it News of the Screws for nothing. And it was the most widely read publication in Europe; the competition would have been with the "real" news outlets trying to compete with NotW.
The only victims who I feel any sympathy for are the family of the young girl who was kidnapped and whose phone a private investigator working for NotW allegedly hacked while she was still missing but before she was found dead, giving her family false hope that she might still be alive. Hacking into the phones of celebrities is one thing, though still despicable and underhanded. But hacking into the phones of young girls who may or may not be victims of extreme violence is another thing entirely.
But the editor at the time - Rebekah Brooks - has resigned, and was just arrested. As far as I'm concerned, justice has been done already. These Murdoch trials are no better than the D.C. hearings that forced the CEO of Toyota to come grovel before Congress for forgiveness.
Posted by: MWR at July 19, 2011 12:29 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 19, 2011 12:32 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 19, 2011 12:34 PM (4q5tP)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 19, 2011 12:38 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 19, 2011 12:39 PM (UOM48)
Casey Anthony's gone into hiding somewhere nobody will find her.
Contessa Brewer has a huge ass.
Connection?
Posted by: MWR at July 19, 2011 12:42 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: stagehand who didn't get off of C*ntessa's seat in time at July 19, 2011 12:43 PM (3Okgs)
Posted by: Montgomery Moron Scott at July 19, 2011 12:44 PM (K/USr)
60 Minutes shows the fake-but-accurate documents from Dan Rather. Result: 60 Minutes stays on the air and CBS news is still going.
Food Lion awarded $5.5 million from ABC News based on two reporters (with help from the union, BTW) getting false credentials to work at the store.
Stephen Glass -- New Republic. Jayson Blair -- New York times. On and on and on. These little subsidiaries continue on, let alone the media entities themselves.
But somehow, Rupert Murdoch is supposed to be personally involved in the inner workings of NotW, even though the newspaper is gone and the person who was in charge of the paper is fired.
It's abundantly clear that Obama should have known more about Operation Fast and Furious than Murdoch could ever have known about what happened at NotW.
And Brewer...well, she should look up "Two Minutes' Hate" because she's part of it.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 19, 2011 12:45 PM (T0NGe)
Murdoch is an equal opportunity whore.
He can't limit the extent of damage from bribed leaks to simply The Sun's publications, but through all of Murdoch's papers.
The scandal resides in the willingness of government officials in positions of responsibility to sell secrets. And that would include state secrets; not just the CYA "national security" sort.
A lot of government employees should be fired, "creating" new/used jobs for the unemployed...as if.
Posted by: maverick muse at July 19, 2011 12:46 PM (lpWVn)
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Posted by: curious at July 19, 2011 04:34 PM (k1rwm)
I've never heard it called that before, but okay.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 19, 2011 04:38 PM (bxiXv)
I was a little over zealous. like google apple beat and beat huge. They have tons of cash on the side, as mentioned by mr. wynn, and they are in control of their destiny. This must drive the dems nuts.
Posted by: curious at July 19, 2011 01:34 PM (k1rwm)
How about these types of "attackers" are shot on general security principles? Who knows if it really is just a pie, or if it conceals a gun or knife?
Anyone rushing at one of these people need to be considered an imminent threat to somebody's life.
Because lets be real, this is EXACTLY how the left will claim it's first scalp. The only question is if it's gonna be Bachmann, Palin, Rush or someone else.
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