Incidentally, the Murdoch imports at the Wall Street Journal continue to tread on the newspaper's delicate sensibilities. You'll remember Marcus Brauchli, the Journal's managing editor, had a speech ready to welcome his new overlords, but they never called on him. That was just the first humiliation.

BSkyB chief executive James "Son of Rupert" Murdoch's salary rose 15% last year, to approximately six million dollars. Keep that in mind when you're handed your walking papers, Journal employees.[Guardian]

If Rupert Murdoch's son James takes over News Corp., the company's pro-Israel stance may change. At a 2002 meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, "Murdoch said he didn't see what the Palestinians' problem was and James said that it was that they were kicked out of their f— homes and had nowhere to f— live."…