Could it be that Murdoch, once the quizzing was done, had leaped into a limousine, cracked open abeer with his teeth, and started barking orders into half a dozen phones?
For anyone who doubts that we live in a 1984esque society, the high-tech surveillance that is planned for Super Bowl XL this Sunday should prove once and for all that not only has Big Brother arrived, he's moved in, unpacked, and cracked open abeer.