Here's an extraordinarily clear short summary of Rupert Murdoch's misery, the commendable efforts of the Guardian to report on the sleaze, and the likely fate of the principals — written with oblivious Americans in mind. By the way, one of Murdoch's cheese factories, News of the World, has gone down in flames, like a great bloated dirigible strafed by Twitter. I am amused.
If only the US could do something similar to Fox News…
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