It's a tough week for Rupert Murdoch. Here's a video of Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp, giving a speech at an education forum in San Francisco-and getting heckled by a group of education activists dressed as Sesame Street characters yelling "Occupy Sesame Street".
According to the Daily Mail, one activist dressed as the Count yelled: "'Corporations own all the media in the world. Why should they not own all the education as well?"
As reported here, the activists are with US Uncut, a group that opposes any cuts to public services. They claim Murdoch is trying to profit from public education. Last year, News Corp acquired Wireless Generation, a company based in Brooklyn, New York, that provides software and services to schools.
All this coincides with the lead up to the News Corp AGM this Friday with Institutional Shareholder Services and Hermes Equity Ownership Services announcing they will be voting against re-electing Murdoch and his sons to the board. They have since been joined by the California Public Employees' Retirement System, or CALPERS, one of the largest funds in the US.
Murdoch will survive this, given that he and his family control about 40 per cent of the shares. But it's not a good look, and the forces opposing him will continue to gather momentum
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