Disney Glorifies Rebekah Brooks

Why is Disney glorifying Rebekah Brooks?  The heroine of Disney’s new animated feature Brave may be called Merida, but she looks exactly like Brooks.

Why would Disney want to  make a role model of a power-mad woman who flattered and toadied to prime ministers and media moguls to get ahead, her ethics and morals as tousled as her riotous red locks, who would interfere with the murder investigation of a child to further her demented ambition?

Becky Brooks makes Becky Sharpe look as selfless and virtuous as Melanie Hamilton Wilkes.  Becky Brooks belongs in a prison cell, not an animation cel.

Murdoch’s Rebekah Brooks Charged

Rebekah Brooks, former head of Rupert Murdoch’s News International, has been charged with perverting the course of justice (the British version of obstruction of justice) for trying to conceal evidence in the investigation of phone hacking and bribery of government officials.  Her husband Charlie and her personal assistant have been charged as well.

Not a happy day for her, obviously, but neither is it good for James and Rupert Murdoch or David Cameron.  Will she sing, or will she keep her mouth shut and be “rewarded” by the Murdochs?

This scandal is a lot of fun, but from my American perspective, it won’t be completely satisfying unless it reaches Fox News.