Satan and Rupert ...

Finally it's official.

Rupert Murdoch is controlled by Satan.

Well that's what Rick Santorum thinks.

How so?

Well depending how you count, there are six major Hollywood film studios (some would include a few mini-majors to crank up the total).

Rupert Murdoch controls one of these majors, the re-badged 21st Century Fox, which also includes various television interests and subsidiaries such as Fox Searchlight.

Now according to Rick Santorum, Satan controls the film industry:

“This is a tough business, this is something that we’re stepping out,” Santorum said, “and the Devil for a long, long time has had this, these screens, for his playground and he isn’t going to give it up easily.”

The pond never did well at logic 101, but:

Screen playgrounds = Murdoch's Fox playgrounds = Satan's playground. (Devil's playground if you're an Australian movie buff). QED: Murdoch plays with Satan.

Oh sure the other studio heads are in on the fix, but clearly Rupe is one of six with a direct line to the evil one ...

Of course Santorum could just be a shill, shamelessly plugging a film produced by his Christian film company, which has been in a state of internal feuding since Santorum turned up.

No matter.

The pond takes it as a win-win scenario, confirming either that Santorum's off with the pixies, like most of the Republican party, or that Murdoch's off with Satan, like most of Hollywood and Fox News ...

Here, for the YouTube link and more on the story.

Wait a moment, not so fast.

It turns out that these days Rick Santorum likes to present himself as a thoughtful moderate, at least if Rick Santorum: Ted Cruz 'Did More Harm' Than Good With Government Shutdown is any guide.

Gasp. If he can say something sensible, could he be right about Rupert?

Does lightning strike twice in the old Santorum noggin?

Of course we've had hints before, as in this story, Murdoch divorce stuns Satan in The New Yorker:

HELL (The Borowitz Report)—Word that the News Corporation chief executive Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his wife, Wendi Deng, came as a “total surprise” to longtime Murdoch confidant Satan, the Lord of the Underworld said today. 
“I am totally blindsided by this,” Satan told reporters. “He and I talk every day.” 
Citing his long history with the media titan, the Hound of Hell said, “We go way back. I gave him the idea for Fox News. I told him to hire Roger Ailes. That’s why this is such a shock.” 
A frequent dining companion of the Murdochs, Satan said he “didn’t have a clue that they were having problems.” 
“I’ve had dozens of dinners with them in the Hamptons,” he said. “Did they bicker? No more than other couples. But they seemed to be on the same page about all the important things, like creating corrupt media monopolies and buying politicians. I thought they were for keeps.”

And then there was that story at the BBC, Rupert Murdoch - A portrait of Satan. But they would say that ...

But then there was this unfortunate snap, which some thought was simply a white shirt collar, but others thought very revealing.

As always, the pond merely reports, and you decide, and there is every chance that we might have maligned and persecuted an innocent:

There might be yet another explanation.

Could it be that Murdoch is simply a wild thing, a feral, like the feral dogs that do such harm to lambs, or the feral cats that maim and kill native Australian wildlife?

Who knows. All the pond can do is provide a link to Robert Manne, pondering yet again the deeper mysteries of being Rupert in Why Rupert Murdoch Can't Be Stopped, unlocked for 72 hours and who knows when the clock started ticking.

Will the empire strike back? Will the reptiles mount a full frontal enraged assault on Manne yet again?

Who knows. But if they do, there's still no conclusive answer as to whether Santorum is correct, because Satan and ferals both have form when it comes to empires that strike back ...