Rupert Murdoch the chief executive of News Corporation was attacked by an intruder with a plateful of foam on Tuesday, July 19th. Rupert Murdoch was being grilled by British MPs over the phone hacking scandals in the house of commons where he was present with his wife Wendi Deng and his son James Murdoch who is also the COO of the company when the incident occurred. Wendi Deng who was sitting right behind her husband, Lunged at the attacker and hit him twice in order to keep the attacker away from her husband. Later the attacker was arrested by the London police. Earlier both Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch apologized to the victims of phone hacking scandals but they also said that were misled by some of their employees. The entire questioning was televised live all over the world.
*Lunge-Move forward suddenly, Especially in order to attack someone.
*Intruder-Someone who inter the place without permission.
Discussion Question--Can the attack on Rupert Murdoch be justified ?
Comprehension Question- (1)Who attacked Rupert Murdoch ?
(2)Where did the questioning take place ?
(3)What did Wendi do when her husband was attacked ?
Comments
Hello Narendra,
Good job my friend! This is another hot news that making waves in print and on line media. With the advancement of technology, scandals are easily made and reputation of wealthy people could jeopardize in an instant.
Excellent! Great to see another report here! Again, you need to be careful where you place your commas and capitals. Can you correct this sentence?
Rupert Murdoch was being grilled by British MPs over the phone hacking scandals in the house of commons Where he was present with his wife Wendi Deng and his son James Murdoch who is also the COO of the company When the incident occurred.
Hello Narendra, thanks for this second post on "challenge # 33". It's a great idea to write more than one article. I should do the same !!!
To me it's really not surprising that Murdoch was attaked after the phone hacking scandale. Ok, he said he was fooled by his employees, but how can a man with such a strong personality and power not be aware of what is happening in his company. So yes, i understand somebody attacked him, who knows what some of the hacker victims when through ?
The intruder who was the perpetrator of the assault, might have had his own reasons to do so.
It's nice that the whole questioning was broadcasted all over the world, as Murdoch's media companies also cover all the world.
James Murdoch was lucky to have his wife to defend him. Not every women would embarck on an attacker and hit him to try to keep him away from their husbands.