Rupert Murdock on watching the funeral of Queens Elizabeth and hearing all the talk of her life of Service to the A British people - had a conversion experience. He looked at what he had achieved and said - "I could have done better".
He immediately gave pensions to all his mistress and dismissed them - and got an attractive nun as his new social secretary.
His crown jewel - Fox was sent a lengthy memo. Stop all the vicious racial and cultural propaganda. Get rid of the Right - Wing, charming Talking Head announcers - and hire some real journalists.
He suddenly felt the urge to run an honest newspaper - as he had felt, as a young man - before being corrupted by the Ways of the World.
The world was shocked that this cruel, venal, grasping, unethical, etc., etc., man suddenly wanted to be as saint.
Fox stock took a huge tumble as there is no Profit in being an honest media empire. You have to pander to the worst elements to make big profits. Destroy careers and governments to make really big money.
Stockholders filed suit against him - saying he had temporary insanity.
How do I know all of this?
I went to school with Zoe, one of his recently discarded mistresses. We had tea (and sherry) - and she told me the whole sordid story.
She is now struggling to live on 40, 000 Pounds a year - poor girl.
This is Basil Blathering - with an exclusive on one of the most dramatic stories of this year.
