Soon after the story broke, Mr Murdoch appeared in The Sun newsroom. Journalists were told that Mr Murdoch was not taking the matter too seriously, and that “they should make light of the situation”.The situation is that the editor of The Sun, the trash tit and bum tabloid owned by Murdoch's News Limited, was arrested by police following an episode of drunken domestic violence.
Journalists applauded the perpetrator, who 'was greeted with a spontaneous round of applause' on their return to the newsroom after eight hours in custody.
The Times, also owned by Mr Murdoch, then lived up to the boss' advice and made further light of the situation with a mocking headline and repeated references to the actor victim's frequent fictional roles as a self-reliant person better equipped to defend themselves.
But that's ok, the victim was a male and the husband basher has been rewarded with an admiring nickname - Ginger Ninja - and is described simply as 'fiery' rather than a violent drunk.
Meanwhile, the front page of The Times Online bemoans that 'The gender pay gap stretches to 24%' for overpaid company directors, with women being paid 17,000 pounds less than men.
So unfair.
-- Nick
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