http://twitter.com/#!/rupertmurdoch/status/193662043956592640

Some challenged Murdoch’s assessment:

@rupertmurdoch They don't kill birds, they're not noisy and there more economic than coal power stations will be in 30 years time.

— Daniel Blackburn (@lordsheraton) April 21, 2012

Murdoch had a response at the ready:

@lordsheraton. They DO kill birds, by the thousand. No need for coal. Develop shale gas, much cleaner and cheaper and huge reserves.

— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) April 21, 2012

Murdoch is right about the birds, right about the economics, and right about the ugly. Good for him.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/04/21/rupert-murdoch-tilts-at-windmills/