Want To Be Rupert Murdoch’s Friend?

“When Rupert Murdoch‘s News Corp. announced this week that it agreed buy” MySpace.com, “pranksters rushed to setting up phony profiles of the 74-year-old media tycoon,” the LA Times reports.

Listed among his general interests are: “World domination;” “Games, specifically Monopoly;” and “Making Ted Turner squirm.”

“I encourage my television and radio stations to become Republican soapboxes,” says another profile says. If you have a MySpace account, you can browse the Rupert’s here…

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