Here’s why the syndicated columnist in question called Murdoch an alien: He was writing for one of two major newspapers in his hometown when his paper was purchased by Murdoch. He disagreed with Murdoch over how his column was handled & quit, but his old paper continued running his byline with the notation that the columnist “was on vacation”. This continued until the his first column appeared in the rival newspaper, titled, “In alien’s tongue, ‘I quit’ is ‘vacation'”. In the column he explained that he’d quit his old newspaper, and was now writing for its rival, but Murdoch apparently thought that the words, “I quit” meant “I’m on vacation”. That was the last day Murdoch’s new acquisition ran his byline.
By the way, Itzik, I doubt you are very familiar with this columnist’s work, because he was hardly a member of the “leftist intelligentsia”.