“We are making a list and checking it twice, gonna figure out who’s been naughty or nice…”
With Christmas just around corner and with Santa Claus coming to town, this will be our last addition to the Naughty List. Now, there are many more corrupt individuals (mostly in Washington) who deserve to be put on this list and who also deserve coal in their stockings this Christmas, but we will unmask them using other methods. With that being said, our last member of Cranky College Grad’s Naughty List is Rupert Murdoch.
Rupert Murdoch, a harmless old man – NOTTT! He has been quietly causing damage to peoples personal and public lives, along with urging politicians to pass unconstitutional Bills.
In July 2011, Rupert Murdoch’s news corporation was accused of illegally hacking into several peoples phones to gain access to information on stories they were covering. One of these victims included Milly Dowler, a young girl who was murdered by a serial killer. After getting caught, Rupert Murdoch apologized to the Dowler’s and paid the family £3 million. Was he really sorry or, was he sorry he got caught?!?
Secondly, Rupert Murdoch has been urging Congress to pass Bills (SOPA) that would allow officials to police the Internet and block access to various Web sites. Now looking at the age difference between recent college grads and Rupert Murdoch, it seems like these Bills are an effort for the older generation to take control of the younger generation. Lets face it, people in power are fearful of what they can not control and the Internet mixed with young innovative minds is a huge threat to the power hungry psychos we call “our politicians” in Washington. The Internet is also a threat to giant unethical corporations (Monsanto) who are terrified that people will discovery their true corrupt ways and practices and stop eating their disgusting, cancerous foods packed with GMOs.
On this blog, we have mentioned the harmful effects the SOPA Bill will have on our Internet freedoms. I am perfectly aware that copyright laws should be respected and enforced. However, the government restricting people from viewing information freely and banning access to certain Web sites sounds like a dictatorship to me and is WRONG! That is why Rupert Murdoch is on our Naughty List.
-Cranky 007-