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The Politics Of The Pie
This week, a mischief-maker who goes by the moniker Jonnie Marbles, attacked News Corp's Rupert Murdoch with a shaving cream pie as he testified to the British Parliament about the phone hacking scandal.
You can see our show on the scandal and what it means for News Corp here.
Pie throwing is common enough form of political protest. The list of those on the receiving end is both long and distinguished: Ann Coulter, Bill Gates, Sylvester Stallone, Anita Bryant, Tom Friedman and Andy Warhol to name only a few.
Here's the video s of the pie attack from Sky News.
http://youtu.be/H3SfSBjo7YE
Here are some other famous pie-attack incidents.
Bill Gates
http://youtu.be/yF5GeKdp07I
Tom Friedman
http://youtu.be/4WXwdSPhgLI
Ann Coulter
http://youtu.be/YPsU-kSBnwI
Anita Bryant
http://youtu.be/dS91gT3XT_A
This program aired on July 21, 2011. The audio for this program is not available.