Just announced that the NOTW newspaper is ending after the various phone-hacking scandals (and years of general sleaze).
At least the the Queen album of the same name will live on and continue to enrich lives!
I think I'll listen to "Dear Mr. Murdoch" now.
emrabt · Member since
lets face it, it will still be here, they'll just change the name to the sunday sun.
The Real Wizard · Member since
Hugh Grant said it best -
"We need to have an inquiry that uncovers all the practices and indeed the culture, not just at the News of the World but all the tabloid journalism in this country. What we are going to find out is that it wasn't just the News of the World. I almost feel sorry for them, as they are taking the rap for the malpractices of the entire industry."
And at least Murdoch is attempting to be classy - the last edition on Sunday will be only good news, involving charities and such .. and no advertisements.
paulosham · Member since
this has nothing to do with Queen, stick this shit in the personal section for fuck sake.
rhyeking · Member since
...Except that it's exactly what Roger was commenting on in his song "Dear Mr. Murdoch".
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation owns News Of The World (and The Sun and many, many other news and entertainments outlets worldwide). My posting here was not a superficial tie into the Queen album, but a direct correlation between Roger's song and this news, one I didn't feel needed framing for people to understand.
NOTW's practices, those specifically cited in Roger's song 17 years ago, brought this closure about and I felt it worthy of discussion. If I had titled the post: "Did Roger predict the future...?" or something like that, would that justify it on this thread for you?
paulosham · Member since
Yes.
rhyeking · Member since
Duly noted (rolls eyes).
brians wig · Member since
Oh Bugger. I'd just changed my telephone answering service as well...:
"Hi. I'm not available to take your call right now, but leave your name, number and a short message and the News Of The World will email it to me later...."
Fair enough, I can see why you posted here. I haven't listened to the song in years (I think the album is rubbish) and I just skimmed over the original post and my vitriol boiled because there are so many pointless posts on the zone.
rhyeking · Member since
No harm, no foul. Cheers!
Robbieboy · Member since
I think the other aspect which also makes this a Queen-related post is the way that some of the trashy tabloids invaded Freddie's privacy in the last few months of his life, camped outside Garden Lodge, zoom lenses at the ready. And for what it's worth, I think Roger's "Happiness?" album is terrific.
Back2TheLight · Member since
Apart from some of Roger's lyrics (and I DO only mean some), I think Happiness was a good album on the whole. He did aim that song Dear Mr. Murdoch for good reason. I don't even live in the UK, but I do understand the general purpose, and I think he had valid reasoning behind his message. The whole tabloid situation out there is just shit...its not much better here in the US, but out there, they are 1000 times more invasive...
thomasquinn 32989 · Member since
Sir GH wrote: And at least Murdoch is attempting to be classy - the last edition on Sunday will be only good news, involving charities and such .. and no advertisements. ====
More accurately, Murdoch is trying to save his slippery demonic ass. One last goodwill-offensive before scuttling the ship out of supposed honesty, only to transfer the crew and modus operandi to a new vessel. So long as the world wants to read this kind of crap, it will continue to exist. Same goes for drugs, (illegal) pornography, hate-speech, etc.
