The Peanut Gallery For Murdoch’s Testimony Is On Twitter

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Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was... → Learn More

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
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News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch are facing the heat today during a British parliamentary inquiry over the illegal hacking of cell phones by News Corp.’s recently shuttered News of the World publication. Of course, Twitter is exploding with commentary on the elder and younger Murdoch’s testimony.

Unsurprisingly, the sentiment around Tweets being sent on the Murdoch testimony is mostly negative. According to a sentiment analysis on the word Murdoch, 67 percent of Tweets are negative.

Many believe the Murdoch testimony to be cringe-worthy, despite the elder News Corp. head calling the inquiry “the most humble day of my life.” Unfortunately, Murdoch shirked accountability for the hackings, blaming “those people I trusted.” And the younger Murdoch, while well-spoken, isn’t doing much better with his testimony, appearing to be covering up for his father.

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