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RUPERT MURDOCH HIT BY PIE

Activist ladyslapped by Wendi Murdoch, now in custardy

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News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch was attacked by a protestor during a parliamentary hearing into the phone-hacking allegations at his sister company News International this afternoon.

The committee's public inquiry has been suspended.

SkyNews was there

Reports claim that a UK Uncut activist, whose Twitter handle is @JonnieMarbles, was the culprit who appeared to throw a plate containing shaving foam at Murdoch.

Moments before he tweeted the following:

"It is a far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before #splat".

Murdoch's wife, Wendi, could clearly be seen retaliating with a tasty left hook. ®

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Well done you fucking idiot

So Murdoch's on the ropes and with your silly attention-grabbing stunt you've given The Sun/The Times/Sky News another headline. Still you're in the papers and that's all that matters you complete waste of space.

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Exactly right...

That's exactly right, as far as I am concerned. Here we have what is a rare instance of a very powerful individual having his illegal dealings exposed to public scrutiny, and some brain-damaged half-wit has "a better idea".

Idiots like this, and like those idiots who attacked Sony (and Sony's users) repeatedly, do nothing but make Sony and Murdoch look like victims. If anyone thinks that some people will not now begin to equate "parliamentary hearing" with "shaving cream pie" then they really do not understand how the world works.

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Doh

What a way to generate sympathy for your intended victim. *sigh*

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