The stunning news from the Guardian reads:
A threat of imprisonment by parliament forced Rupert Murdoch and his son James to perform a volte face and agree to give evidence next week to a Commons committee investigating why News International executives provided false information to MPs.
Just for fun let's just make that a little bigger so we can all see it better:
A threat of imprisonment by parliament forced Rupert Murdoch and his son JamesFor those of you that missed it is says:
THREAT OF IMPRISONMENT
and it's talking about
RUPERT MURDOCH
who as you know runs
FOX NEWS
But wait, there's more fun in this article!
Lawrence Ward, the deputy serjeant at arms, hand-delivered the summons to a lawyer at the News International headquarters at Wapping. A member of the select committee said at the time: "We have taken it to Defcon Two. Whether we go up another notch is up to the house. We have been advised that parliament could vote to imprison them."
Just in case you missed it the story said:
Parliament could vote to imprison themThat's right. They are talking about
RUPERT MURDOCH and his SON
and they are saying that
Parliament could vote to imprison them.Meaning Rupert Murdoch and his son could go to prison.
Now for some real analysis go read Brit or the other Kossacks who have serious diaries about the story that may just bring down the whole Murdoch empire.
Oh and grab some popcorn. ;)