Rival Murdoch enjoying misery

November 13, 2012 at 2:40AM

Few seem to be enjoying the meltdown at the venerable BBC more than Rupert Murdoch, the News Corp. chief whose British newspapers have been caught up in a recent phone-hacking debacle. "BBC mess gives [Prime Minister David] Cameron golden opportunity properly reorganize great public broadcaster," Murdoch tweeted gleefully Sunday, apparently overlooking the fact that some of his own former executives are facing criminal charges in the U.K. ASSOCIATD PRESS

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