Media mogul Rupert Murdoch sits down with Sky News to discuss Google, paywalls, financial regulations and the future of newspapers. Watch out for his bagging of Mark Scott, public broadcasters and Barack Obama...
article-article-bodyMedia mogul Rupert Murdoch sits down with Sky News to discuss Google, paywalls, financial regulation and the future of newspapers. Watch out for his bagging of Mark Scott, public broadcasters and Barack Obama…
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David Speers looks like he’s having a w*t dream. Grubby perhaps but I can’t think of a better description.
At first I thought I could see a doddering old guy getting vulnerable, then I noticed the burning intelligence and then the ruthlessness.
I would say this guy is a charming snake. Then when gets to immigration his self interest goes forward about building the population as all good growth capitalists do, and mis speaks heterogenous with homogenous. Plays cute on climate change and reveals why News Corp here are climate sceptics to protect their privilege and incumbency.
Theatrical pause on editorial freedom, finally a hard question. In fact I would say Rupe hated that question. And there it is, voila, screenshot at 32:45 – the killer behind the suit, not direct at Speers which is just as well or he would be turned to stone in an instant.
And Rupe is not such a good liar either in the seconds immediately after. A middle distant stare. Cogs getting slower these days. We’re at 32:53 already and he hasn’t nailed it yet. “Things happen” and we’re at 33:02. By 33:41 Speers realises he’s in a hole having got Rupe to reveal editors turned on Gordon Brown who is “a friend” has Rupe out of sorts now in his interview, uh oh, hand on chin, what’s next …. shows his wedding ring – hey I’ve got kids to feed Rupe ….
Handshake at end, totally unprofessional by Speers but excellent survival instinct!