Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle (Rupert's Getting Ballsy!)

Very-interesting Rupert Murdoch tweets today:

"Scientology back in news. Very weird cult, but big, big money involved with Tom Cruise either number two or three in [hierarchy]."

 Followed by:

"Watch Katie Holmes and Scientology story develop. Something creepy, maybe even evil, about these people."

And then:

"Since Scientology tweet hundreds of attacks. Expect they will increase and get worse and maybe threatening. Still stick to my story."

And finally, when asked about Mormons:

"Mormonism a mystery to me, but Mormons certainly not evil."

To which I reply, if Mormonism is a mystery, how can Murdoch know they're not up to evil, as well? 

Fascinating, that during a conversation about Scientology, Mormonism should come up - practically out of the blue - leading me to think someone else associates it, as a related cult, too. (Murdoch did specifically use the word "cult" in his first tweet.) I haven't noticed many differences between the two, except for how they present themselves to the public, and how the pious and wholesome routine seems to work very-well on an ignorant and gullible public - including Murdoch, who, after meeting Romney, thinks it's "doubtful" Romney can win.

Like I said, interesting, especially because no one but Scientologists are calling Rupe a bigot. (And why is Murdoch commenting on cults, and their evil, when all these big shot bloggers consider the topic beneath them?) I ask you:

Where's The InstaClan when they're needed - or do they (as I suspect) play favorites?

And I also ask you:

Let's say I'm right (as I always am) about Mormonism - considering the major blogosphere is all-in for Romney, will such an extreme oversight (again) be a black mark on the "alternative" news-gathering source (revealing it to be as useful as "alternative" medicine) or will the truth about it be whitewashed, just as the major blogosphere is doing for Romney and his cult, today?

Considering the integrity of the major players, or lack thereof, I think I know,...

The Macho Response: Rupert Murdoch

"Many people will be under extreme pressure and many companies mortally wounded,...our competitors will be sorely tempted to take the easy beat, to reduce quality in the search for immediate dividends.

Let me be very clear about our company: where others might step back from their commitment to their viewers, their users, readers and customers – we will renew ours."

-- Rupert Murdoch, expecting more of the same from the "intuitive," short-sighted, and idiotic NewAgers that got us into this mess - and declaring he won't join them - in The Drudge Report.

The Macho Response: Rupert Murdoch

"It takes no special genius to point out that if you are contemptuous of your customers, you are going to have a hard time getting them to buy your product. Newspapers are no exception.

It used to be that a handful of editors could decide what was news-and what was not. They acted as sort of demigods. If they ran a story, it became news. If they ignored an event, it never happened. Today editors are losing this power. The Internet, for example, provides access to thousands of new sources that cover things an editor might ignore. And if you aren't satisfied with that, you can start up your own blog and cover and comment on the news yourself. Journalists like to think of themselves as watchdogs, but they haven't always responded well when the public calls them to account.

Far from celebrating this citizen journalism, the establishment media reacted defensively. During an appearance on Fox News, a CBS executive attacked the bloggers in a statement that will go down in the annals of arrogance. '60 Minutes,' he said, was a professional organization with 'multiple layers of checks and balances.' By contrast, he dismissed the blogger as 'a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas writing'.

Mr. Rather and his defenders are not alone,...a recent American study reported that many editors and reporters simply do not trust their readers to make good decisions. Let's be clear about what this means. This is a polite way of saying that these editors and reporters think their readers are too stupid to think for themselves."

-- Rupert Murdoch, hitting the cultish nail on journalism's head, by way of CNet.com.

The links I've included in this post demonstrate exactly why this is truth from on high - the media is now a cultish dog-and-pony show - and, taken together, this post (and the links) also demonstrate why you should be financially supporting: