by News Corp CEO and top minion Robert Thomson, whom I nicknamed “the naughty vicar” for his nudge-nudge, wink-wink mannerisms and sly wordplay. Thomson negged on the tech world, referring to them as “bot-infested badlands,” “the fake, the faux and the fallacious,” “mindless myrmidons,” and “solipsistic sophistry,” even as he struck deals with them.

