Murdoch PAUSING/DELAY before answering a question

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Reply 20

jvasos

for board members-they seem to know pretty litte about their companies

Reply 21

LordJolliffe

Original post by 122025278

I'm beginning to feel bad for him and it's getting funny lol, he is way over the hill

He's walking a verbal minefield
I think it's fair enough he's pausing to consider what he says

Reply 22

U.S Lecce

Stop smacking the table murdoch! It hasn't done you any wrong lol.

Reply 23

Flying Scotsman

Original post by jvasos

for board members-they seem to know pretty litte about their companies

I think this is true of most companies to be honest. Especially the large ones.

Original post by Flying Scotsman

I think this is true of most companies to be honest. Especially the large ones.

not when you know that you are about to go into one of the most important investigations of your life?!?! Most people would have been extensively debriefed at least to come across like you know the business!!

Reply 26

Flying Scotsman

Original post by jvasos

I think the whole point is that they know nothing of what has gone on though! Playing the ignorance card on a lot of the smaller allegations.

Reply 27

U.S Lecce

Blue ties for honesty ay Murdoch's? :wink:

Reply 28

jvasos

wilful blindness---great chat

Reply 29

itsmyname

Rupert using classic Mafia defense: looking frail, doddering, out of the loop, bathrobe-worthy, "What? Who is that?"

Reply 30

jvasos

Original post by itsmyname

Rupert using classic Mafia defense: looking frail, doddering, out of the loop, bathrobe-worthy, "What? Who is that?"

so true.

Reply 31

jakemittle

Original post by Aj12

Then he should not be on the board simple.

Its his company though :K:

Reply 32

Aj12

Original post by jakemittle

Its his company though :K:

But he has become complete out of touch. Its not just that he was unsure of what was going on at the News of the world. He seems to not have had a clue about what was going on in the UK.

The board should have forced him out if he can't keep his company in any kind of order and is so hands off that he is completely out of touch.

Reply 33

U.S Lecce

£600k and he knew nothing. Fair enough. Only proves even more that he has no clue what his employees get up to.

Reply 34

IamBeowulf

Original post by Redreynard

surely you rep the comment not the man.

its a mixture of both

Reply 35

Hopple

Whilst he won't know as much about the intricacies of the company as his son, if he does know something it'll be the actual truth rather than the cover story so you're more likely to get the truth from him slipping than from James, who will have the cover story nailed. Makes sense to go for him :wink:

Even if he changes his statement afterwards on the advice of James, it'll give a potential opening for a new investigation.

Reply 36

jvasos

Original post by Aj12

or so he would let on. I think he def knows more than he's letting on

Reply 37

Aj12

Original post by jvasos

or so he would let on. I think he def knows more than he's letting on

Well I have heard that the executives and lawyers who prepared him were very worried about how he handled questions, so I think he may well be completely useless.

Reply 38

122025278

Phillip Davies is doing an excellent job, first one so far to get his teeth in, he was like an attack dog going after James Murdoch. Tom Watson was like a damp squib surprisingly