Media and in particular Social Media waits for no man!!!
It was only 18 hours earlier that Rupert Murdoch media tycoon appeared at a parliamentary inquiry and was the victim of a foam pie throwing protestor named Jonnie Marbles. To his defense leapt his wife Wendi Deng, who had been sitting protectively behind him. Wendi acted with lightening speed able to get a couple king hits in before the protestor was dragged from the room.
In no time the news had spread like wildfire. Rapidly Wendi Deng was becoming a well versed name. Within 16hrs Google had even added the pie throwing incident to the Career section of her Wikipedia bio and her face and video could be seen on every news site, Twitter feed and Facebook post update. Suddenly Wendi was a star.
So too the man of the moment Mr Jonnie Marbles who tweeted ‘It is a far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before #splat‘ moments before he went into action. I would like to know just how many extra fans Mr Marbles received on Twitter today from this little stunt alone. The figures will definitely be fascinating. Though I’m sure he probably doesn’t even know since he’s no doubt sitting in a jail cell somewhere unable to post a new update!! Perhaps that’s the safest place for him, as on the outside his YouTube comedy clips (I use this term comedy loosely) continue to receive a barrage of negative and furious rants from disgruntled haters.
As far as Mr Murdoch, I actually think this whole event helped him to win sympathy. He wasn’t looking too good before this and with his young wife coming to his rescue the fragile old Murdoch looked every part the victim which is sure to help his image in the end. One things for sure, with new social media sites popping up like zits on a pubescent adolescent and ever present commentators at the ready, we are bound to hear more than we need and witness more unsuspecting stars come to light!
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