Russell Brand takes on Rupert Murdoch

Brand can be frenetic and hit and miss but, boy-howdy, did he get this one right:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/30/russell-brand-goes-off-on-al-qaeda-recruitment-poster-rupert-murdoch/

Russell Brand excoriates ‘al Qaeda recruitment poster’ Rupert Murdoch

By David Ferguson
Saturday, November 30, 2013 11:37 EST

Actor and comic Russell Brand published a column Friday in which he excoriated the British press and in particular Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch.

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Fleet Street tabloid the Sun published a rumor this week alleging that Brand is being unfaithful to his partner, writer Jemima Khan. Brand responded with his column decrying the scandal sheet and its owner, Mr. Murdoch.

“There is a certain duty that comes with being the anointed purveyor of truth. Can we trust that our media is fulfilling that duty? Who do they really serve?” he wrote.

He continued, “Everyone knows papers like the Daily Mail and the Sun can’t be trusted, we’ve come to accept their duplicity as part of their charm, and their defense, that it’s only really celebrities and people that deserve intrusion who are affected, while superficially true in this case, is actually the biggest lie of them all.”....more