I'm living under a rock.

All of the sudden, "Rupert Murdock" has become a buzzword, and until recently, I'd never heard of him. In addition, I missed the opening chapters of a scandal that seems to be stretching to every corner of the globe. The unflappable British are flapping, the gossip hounds are baying, the sky is falling, Armageddon is just around the corner, and I'm all of the sudden conscious that there's no way I can catch up on the background of the story of the century.

Understand this is a common occurrence in my life. I think it's been at least 6 weeks since we turned on our T.V. I find the "humor" to be foul and completely un-funny. I find the news to be hopelessly biased. In my opinion, news reporting has sunk to the level of cheesy tabloids far too often; more often than not, they're positively wallowing in sensationalism. In other words, I mistrust the media completely.

While it is true that I mistrust the media completely, I mistrust politicians far less than that. From where I stand, it seems that the only way to afford the cost of running for office is to be devious. I've voted in every major election (and most "minor" ones) since I was old enough to vote, and I have yet to vote "FOR" anyone. I'm simply choosing the lesser of two evils.

And as for Scotland Yard, I've read far too many times where evidence has been tampered with or withheld by U.S. law enforcement officers to be surprised by the sudden resignation of top guns in the Metropolitan Police Service.

At any rate, I don't profess to know the ins and outs of the story, but it seems to me that it involves the media carrying out illegal activities, then climbing in bed with corrupt cops,which is causing a major feeding frenzy among other members of the media and a bunch of politicians who are no doubt thanking their lucky stars that THEY didn't get caught with their pants down.

Do I have that about right?