Media mogul (click here) and Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch was reportedly attacked by a pie-thrower during hearings before members of the British Parliament Tuesday.
According to live reports, a man threw a “white substance” at Murdoch during the hearings. The screen capture above, posted by Reuters’ Felix Salmon, clearly shows a of some kind. Someone, perhaps Fox executive Janet Nova and perhaps Murdoch’s wife Wendi Deng Murdoch, intercepted the pie. Murdoch was not hit.
The pie-throwing incident gave a surreal twist to the hearings, which are aimed at uncovering more information about the allegations of voicemail hacking by employees of the Murdoch-owned (and now shuttered) News of the World.
While insulting the self made CEO of "News Corp" is gratifying for some, it is unfortunate as it gives a reason for embarrassment of the members of the board questioning the Murdochs and distracts from the brevity of the fact a young girl's cell phone was hacked sending parents and police into wild imagings that the girl would be home 'if only.'
Is a pie in the face a terrorist act? (click title to entry - thank you)
JOHN LEWANDOWSKI
Halifax— The Canadian Press
Published Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 11:04AM EST
Last updated Monday, Mar. 15, 2010 3:49PM EDT
A Liberal MP thinks the federal government should investigate a U.S.-based animal rights group under Canada’s anti-terrorism laws after a pie was pushed into the face of Fisheries Minister Gail Shea.
Gerry Byrne’s outrage stems from an incident Monday in which Ms. Shea was hit in the face with a tofu cream pie as she was about to deliver a speech in Burlington, Ont….
