'Rupert Murdoch isn't as bad as you think he is,' explains unbiased party Rupert Murdoch, in a self-promotional confessional to The Guardian (UK).
"The Wall Street Journal is the greatest newspaper in America and one of the greatest in the world," said Mr Murdoch, insisting that he would be hiring - rather than firing - staff. The paper had "tremendous" journalists and a valuable brand. "That's why we put such a premium on it and why I spent the better part of the last three months enduring criticism normally levelled at a genocidal tyrant."
Another explanation for all the new Murdoch hires? The vast number of open positions at WSJ, as a result of the mass exodus. Which was, in turn, facilitated by the sale of Dow Jones.
To a genocidal tyrant.

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[...] and returning to Texas," writes the WSJ, in its first huge scoop since being taken over by genocidal tyrant, Rupert Murdoch. "I just think it's time," Mr. Rove said in an interview with The [...]
[...] the way the world has been treating him," writes Slate's Jack Shafer, in response to Murdoch's complaint that he's had to endure "criticism that is normally leveled at some sort of genocidal [...]
[...] the way the world has been treating him," writes Slate's Jack Shafer, in response to Murdoch's complaint that he's had to endure "criticism that is normally leveled at some sort of genocidal [...]
[...] and returning to Texas,” writes the WSJ, in its first huge scoop since being taken over by genocidal tyrant, Rupert Murdoch. “I just think it’s time,” Mr. Rove said in an interview with The [...]
[...] the way the world has been treating him,” writes Slate’s Jack Shafer, in response to Murdoch’s complaint that he’s had to endure “criticism that is normally leveled at some sort of genocidal [...]