Someone just attacked Murdoch at the Commons Committee

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BBC political editor Nick Robinson says Rupert Murdoch was apparently hit in the face with a plate of shaving foam by a man shouting: "Greedy."
1657:

A man with white substance - possibly paint - on his face has been taken away by police following the incident.
1656:

Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi stood up and appeared to strike somebody in defence of her husband.

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1656:

Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi stood up and appeared to strike somebody in defence of her husband.
1655:

Rupert Murdoch appears to have been attacked by somebody in the public gallery.
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The sitting is suspended for 10 minutes - after some kind of disturbance.


I just cut and paste the above from a live feed on the BBC news page. I was watching the commitee question Murdoch. There was a disturbance, people saying Ohhh in a very English way lol, then they cut the feed.

Hillarious! His wife got up and joined in. lol

Seriously though, this is not the way to behave in such an important hearing.

*LINK to news article HERE*

Damn, you beat me to it!! Was it just shaving cream? LOL

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1701:

James Murdoch looked shocked that security staff had failed to protect his father properly, Nick Robinson says.
1701:

Nick Robinson says Rupert Murdoch's wife was "up like a shot" to defend her husband.
1659:

BBC political editor Nick Robinson says Rupert Murdoch was apparently hit in the face with a plate of shaving foam by a man shouting: "Greedy."

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And I thought this hearing couldn't get any better!

LOL

and kudos to the attacker!

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I just watched it happen live on Sky news a few moments ago..

The guy had a plate in his left hand and it had, I assume, white paint on it. He then shoved it into Murdochs face. They just showed pictures of the "attacker" and he has this paint all over him too.

Sky News are showing slow motion versions of this also. If you can, check it out. They're giving a lot of info about it too.



EDIT: They're now saying he was hit with a "custard pie"

Just was watching that also, lol. Looks like it was a paint attack. Was it really worth it??? The Murdochs seemed to me to be answering the questions to the best of their ability so I don't understand why this muppet did this, he should have waited until after to get that shot in as it would have been more effective. ROFL

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Mrs. Murdoch reportedly stood up and bitch slapped the attacker!!!! LOL

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And I thought this hearing couldn't get any better!

LOL

and kudos to the attacker!

Oh, I don't know - it took balls, but questions need to be asked, ya know?

lol reminds me of the guy throwing shoes at bush :p Comical.

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True, though this was a welcome addition after 2.5 hours of talk.

The man's name, according to Sky News, was Jonnie Marbles... a known comedian.

EDIT: His last tweet from twitter: "It is a far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before #splat" lol

http://twitter.com/#!/jonniemarbles

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twitter.com...#!/JonnieMarbles

hahaha!
Is this is wife? She looks like a secret ninja bodyguard.. O__o'

Murdoch probably arranged it. Now he's got the sympathy vote.

Immature moron... hope the wife broke his nose.

so much for security at the commons
you'd think by now something like this couldnt happen
although im not a murdoch supporter and i hate the sun newspaper
big up johnny marbles

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Originally posted by Rellix
Just was watching that also, lol. Looks like it was a paint attack. Was it really worth it??? The Murdochs seemed to me to be answering the questions to the best of their ability so I don't understand why this muppet did this, he should have waited until after to get that shot in as it would have been more effective. ROFL

some people would say he was righteous in doing this
and everyone will know the name johnny marbles now

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