The big thing is how today Rupe was standing by Rebekah Brooks like she was a friggin messiah, the most important and brilliant thing is the world. I wonder what she knows about him or his family... because Murdoch is the kind of cold ruthless bastard who would throw anyone to the dogs for his benefit.
Well now that is not necessarily true, In his position, if there is someone you feel you really can trust, it might be very foolish to lose them. He might be runningout of allies within the company.
Or, you can only throw someone to the wolves once, so best save it for the most advantageous moment
So now the decision to claw back sky news (rather than surrender control of it as a condition of the BSkyB takeover). It has been suggested as a deliberate attempt to force the UK government to refer his takover to the monopolies commission and thereby delay matters until the fuss blows over. This might be true, but it could possibly be a greater admission that the deal is now off, so no need to throw away something else. Or, it has been suggested, an alternative might be to jettison all the newspapers which are a decaying market and keep hold of the broadcast news service and growing satellite area.