Rupert Murdoch was appalled that a politician watched 'Brokeback Mountain'

[Newsjock]

Source: The Independent

Four years ago, when David Cameron did not have an experienced tabloid operator like Coulson to advise him, it nearly went horribly wrong. When the raw and newly elected Tory leader first met News International's patriarch Rupert Murdoch, he was intent on projecting himself as a socially tolerant leader with modern ideas who would shake up an outdated Tory Party. In his anxiety to be modern, Cameron described with great enthusiasm how he had enjoyed the new US blockbuster film Brokeback Mountain. Far from being impressed, the ageing Murdoch was appalled that a would-be prime minister should be watching a film containing graphic scenes of gay sex.

... The probability now is that Murdoch's other daily newspaper, The Times, will follow its tabloid stablemate. Although Tories complain about the closeness between New Labour and some Times political writers, the newspaper has its strong links with the Tories too. There is thought to be a job in a Cameron government and a peerage awaiting the Times chief leader writer, Danny Finkelstein, if he chooses to take it. Finkelstein was Osborne's intellectual mentor when the two worked for the former Tory leader William Hague.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/how-cameron-cosied-up-to-murdoch--son-1795742.html

[sakabatou]

1. O NOES!

Not "teh gay" Oscar-winning film!

[Stevenmarc]

2. I'm sure Rupert didn't turn down any advertising revenue from Brokeback Mountain

So you can't watch it but you can pimp it

[spanone]

3. i'm appalled that rupert murdoch exists

[Thickasabrick]

6. I know....isn't he like 200 years old now? nt

[WatchWhatISay]

4. Graphic?

As I recall, the whole scene took place inside of a tent, after dark. I don't remember being able to see anything, although the there were plenty of auditory cues. So can something that is primarily heard be described as graphic?

[Libertas1776]

5. That of that bucket

of chunder from down under is literally a disease upon the whole world.

[SheilaT]

7. I didn't realize that movie came out

that long ago. It seems like maybe two years ago.