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When mogul Rupert Murdoch was last heard talking about his British tabloid The Sun, he was complaining about how it had gone soft and crappy with nothing but celebrity coverage. You see how hands off he is, fearful reporters? Pish! says Andrew Neil. The embittered former editor of Murdoch's Sunday Times in London told a parliamentary committee that when he was on the job, Rupert was the final word in all publishing decisions. "If you want to know what Rupert Murdoch really thinks read the editorials in the Sun and the New York Post because he is editor-in-chief of these papers," Neil said. Of course, the Wall Street Journal, a much more prestigious paper just acquired by the News Corporation boss, is another matter. Murdoch would never dream of interfering there. [Guardian]