Comments on: Rupert Murdoch's first "deleted" tweet http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 21:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: taras http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1309449 taras Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1309449 Oops, I mean "HUR HUR STUPID MURDOCH, Y U H8 ORDANARY PPL U MILIONARE BASTARd" Oops, I mean “HUR HUR STUPID MURDOCH, Y U H8 ORDANARY PPL U MILIONARE BASTARd”

]]> By: taras http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1309447 taras Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1309447 Maybe Rupert Murdoch right? Not much healthy debate here about what he said. We Brits do have far more holidays than people in the US, and you can't argue that it doesn't affect productivity. Maybe Rupert Murdoch right?

Not much healthy debate here about what he said. We Brits do have far more holidays than people in the US, and you can’t argue that it doesn’t affect productivity.

]]> By: Cunning Amphibian http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1309228 Cunning Amphibian Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1309228 @ Lemoutan: Deng came to the U.S. in 1988, studied at Cal State Northrige and Yale, so a European like me would naively assume that the knowledge of the American language is, if not a prerequisite, then an ability you would have to aquire for successfully completing your studies... Apparently, that's not the case. On a side note, here in Europe we have recently copied the American higher educational system. (And, oh irony, the "reform" is called Bologna...) @ Lemoutan: Deng came to the U.S. in 1988, studied at Cal State Northrige and Yale, so a European like me would naively assume that the knowledge of the American language is, if not a prerequisite, then an ability you would have to aquire for successfully completing your studies…
Apparently, that’s not the case. On a side note, here in Europe we have recently copied the American higher educational system. (And, oh irony, the “reform” is called Bologna…)

]]> By: Cunning Amphibian http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1309229 Cunning Amphibian Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1309229 Gold Digging Gold Digging

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1309172 Lemoutan Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1309172 What first language is then her of? What first language is then her of?

]]> By: Durty Burton http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1309049 Durty Burton Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1309049 Since the notoriously computer-illiterate 80 year-old Rupert Murdoch only sent his first email two years ago, some are suspecting the his new Twitter feed is actually being written by his 43 year-old wife, Wendi Deng, who joined Twitter on the same day as her husband. Deng's first language is not English, which might explain the curious syntax of Rupert's tweets. Since the notoriously computer-illiterate 80 year-old Rupert Murdoch only sent his first email two years ago, some are suspecting the his new Twitter feed is actually being written by his 43 year-old wife, Wendi Deng, who joined Twitter on the same day as her husband. Deng’s first language is not English, which might explain the curious syntax of Rupert’s tweets.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308891 niktemadur Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308891 Good one, but if just for one's own sanity, the less attention paid to this miserable Professor Farnsworth lookalike and his minions, the better. So I'll just take the bare minimum, thank you, this one putrid tweet is my weekly dose. Good one, but if just for one’s own sanity, the less attention paid to this miserable Professor Farnsworth lookalike and his minions, the better.

So I’ll just take the bare minimum, thank you, this one putrid tweet is my weekly dose.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308805 Guest Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308805 I think that tweet is a perfect metaphor for all the turds in all the punchbowls that every one of his media outlets are. I think that tweet is a perfect metaphor for all the turds in all the punchbowls that every one of his media outlets are.

]]> By: buster_friendly http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308797 buster_friendly Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308797 Me like woopert he silly. No, not really. Me like woopert he silly. No, not really.

]]> By: bob d http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308668 bob d Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308668 Oh, what a <strike>hateful asshole</strike> lovable scamp! Oh, what a hateful asshole lovable scamp!

]]> By: MrEricSir http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308660 MrEricSir Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308660 Britain isn't broke, but ironically the government doesn't have enough money thanks to Murdoch. Britain isn’t broke, but ironically the government doesn’t have enough money thanks to Murdoch.

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308656 Lemoutan Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308656 It's also interesting that he thinks a country with one of the fewest statutory holidays has too many of 'em. It’s also interesting that he thinks a country with one of the fewest statutory holidays has too many of ‘em.

]]> By: Mordicai http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308654 Mordicai Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308654 Who elected this jerk?  Wait, you...you don't get to decide that you hate being oppressed by misanthropic plutocrats?  You just have to take your lumps or else people call you a socialist?  That seems weird.  Might makes right?  I thought we were supposed to put an end to that, eh? Who elected this jerk?  Wait, you…you don’t get to decide that you hate being oppressed by misanthropic plutocrats?  You just have to take your lumps or else people call you a socialist?  That seems weird.  Might makes right?  I thought we were supposed to put an end to that, eh?

]]> By: i_prefer_yeti http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308645 i_prefer_yeti Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308645 Hey, he said "maybe." Hey, he said “maybe.”

]]> By: Catbeller http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308635 Catbeller Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308635 Rupert Murdoch... doesn't pay any taxes in the UK, and I don't think he ever did. I don't think he and his corporations pay much in the US, either. Perhaps if we stripped away his tax breaks, we wouldn't be quite so broke. Rupert Murdoch… doesn’t pay any taxes in the UK, and I don’t think he ever did. I don’t think he and his corporations pay much in the US, either. Perhaps if we stripped away his tax breaks, we wouldn’t be quite so broke.

]]> By: Kommkast http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308634 Kommkast Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308634 I have a new idea for a book, "Shit Rupert Murdoch Says".  I have a new idea for a book, “Shit Rupert Murdoch Says”. 

]]> By: xian http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308618 xian Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308618 I like that he worked the phrase "santorum surging" into one of his tweets. I like that he worked the phrase “santorum surging” into one of his tweets.

]]> By: Peter Hollo http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308605 Peter Hollo Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308605 As is Wendi Deng's "RUPERT!!! delete tweet!" reply, which is how I found it: https://twitter.com/#!/Wendi_Deng/status/153540124158857216 As an aside, I'm quite surprised that the Wendi Deng account has been marked as Verified. Huh! As is Wendi Deng’s “RUPERT!!! delete tweet!” reply, which is how I found it:
https://twitter.com/#!/Wendi_Deng/status/153540124158857216

As an aside, I’m quite surprised that the Wendi Deng account has been marked as Verified. Huh!

]]> By: Peter Hollo http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308602 Peter Hollo Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308602 I'm not sure why people are saying it's been deleted. It's right here still: https://twitter.com/#!/rupertmurdoch/status/153539815483252738 I’m not sure why people are saying it’s been deleted. It’s right here still:
https://twitter.com/#!/rupertmurdoch/status/153539815483252738

]]> By: psulli http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308585 psulli Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308585 Why don't more Brits use their G5 to get to their holiday island vacation home?  It is faster so there is more time for work! Why don’t more Brits use their G5 to get to their holiday island vacation home?  It is faster so there is more time for work!

]]> By: jaytkay http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308573 jaytkay Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308573 Maybe broke country is for having too many parasite plutocrat leeches. Maybe broke country is for having too many parasite plutocrat leeches.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308560 Michael Smith Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308560 Doesn't Murdoch employ professionals to populate his twitter feed? Or is there a meta fail thing going on here? Say stupid things for attention? Doesn’t Murdoch employ professionals to populate his twitter feed? Or is there a meta fail thing going on here? Say stupid things for attention?

]]> By: silkox http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308553 silkox Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308553 Christ, what an asshole. Christ, what an asshole.

]]> By: Sam T http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308552 Sam T Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308552 Reading this tweet as "I'm still mad about the phone hacking thing" Reading this tweet as “I’m still mad about the phone hacking thing”

]]> By: David Zwerdling http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308550 David Zwerdling Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308550 Maybe Rupert Murdoch has too many newspapers for someone can't grammar. Maybe Rupert Murdoch has too many newspapers for someone can’t grammar.

]]> By: Chuck http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308542 Chuck Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308542 Maybe he's referring to the number of days some people have been unemployed. Maybe he’s referring to the number of days some people have been unemployed.

]]> By: Auz http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308537 Auz Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308537 He doesn't hate everyone. See... "Good to see santorum surging in Iowa. Regardless of policies, all debates showed principles, consistency and humility like no other." https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/153527584766967808 He doesn’t hate everyone. See… “Good to see santorum surging in Iowa. Regardless of policies, all debates showed principles, consistency and humility like no other.” https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/153527584766967808

]]> By: Russell Cavanagh http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308535 Russell Cavanagh Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308535 He needs a kick in the ging gang goolies He needs a kick in the ging gang goolies

]]> By: Scott Anansi Rossi http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/rupert-murdochs-first-delete.html#comment-1308534 Scott Anansi Rossi Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136836#comment-1308534 wow, he needs Jesus.  wow, he needs Jesus. 

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