Sweet, docile old man Rupert Murdoch is having a lovely time on Twitter, keeping his merry band of followers entertained with tales of his daily exploits, including why buying MySpace was one of his Worst Ever Decisions, the silly fool.

In a message on the site he admitted that there was nothing in the purchase that had gone right but at least he'd learnt a few life lessons along the way.

"Many questions and jokes about My Space. Simple answer - we screwed up in every way possible, learned lots of valuable expensive lessons," he wrote, with refreshingly candid honesty.

Expensive isn't even close: he bought MySpace for $580m in 2005 just a year before Facebook launched and within five years was selling the company for a paltry $35m, a staggering loss of $545m.

What Sneak is more interested in, though, is a Tweet that appears to show Murdoch sent a personal message to Twitter by mistake. How else do you explain the cryptic message, "Jack. Tokyo sounds great but be careful of that full moon".

The full moon? Why, is this Jack character a werewolf of some kind? Or is the media mogul perhaps a closet fan of Japanese author Haruki Murakami?

We can only hope this is indeed what happened and that in future a more racy, or indeed, incriminating text is sent to the wrong location.

It is fair to say Rupert Murdoch had a pretty hectic 2011, with his firm involved in the huge phone hacking scandal that led to the closure of the News of the World and the ongoing Leveson enquiry.

This also saw Murdoch grilled relentlessly by MPs at a Commons Select Committee in which he proclaimed it was the "most humble day of my life", before being hit in the face by a foam pie - by "comedian" Jonnie Marbles, not the MPs.

Now, in a move even the most daring Hollywood scriptwriter wouldn't have tried to pull off, Murdoch has joined that most public of forums, Twitter, in order to share his thoughts and opinions with the world, which mainly involves him praising Fox.

One message reads:

Saw Fox film Descendants.Thank God, one to be proud of. Star Geo Clooney deserves Oscar, maybe film too.

— Rupert Murdoch(@rupertmurdoch) December 31, 2011

while another proclaims:

I LOVE the film "we bought a zoo", a great family movie. Very proud of fox team who made this great film.

— Rupert Murdoch(@rupertmurdoch) January 1, 2012

Sneak isn't sure where to begin really: the utterly appalling grammar (perhaps he needs an editor, is Andy Coulson available?), the brazen bias, the willingness of Rups to open himself up to an almighty online backlash, or his chutzpah in joining Twitter when you'd have thought he'd be keen to stay out of the headlines for once.

Then, as if things weren't bizarre enough, his wife Wendi Deng - her of Commons-pie-attacker-hitting-fame - apparently joined up too, and not only started defending Rups (obviously) but also flirting with Ricky Gervais.

However, it sadly became clear this was a hoax account, despite Twitter giving it the blue tick of verification for a short while.

Sneak would like to think it is all some form of April Fool's stunt, but sadly it is most definitely still early January and Rupert Murdoch really has joined Twitter. Happy New Year - 2012 is off to a flier.

The man arrested for attacking Rupert Murdoch with a foam pie during parliamentary hearings announced his intentions on Twitter before making his move.

Jonnie Marbles, a self-described writer, comedian, activist and blogger, attempted to hit Murdoch with a foam-filled foil pie as he was giving evidence to the News of the World phone hacking inquiry. He reportedly shouted: "You naughty billionaire" while doing so.

In a move that will make the prosecuting counsel very happy indeed, Marbles tweeted his intentions seconds before the attack. "It is a far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before #splat," he wrote.

Murdoch received a glancing blow from the pie to the right shoulder, before his third wife Wendi Deng attacked Marbles, aided by parliamentary staff and Murdoch's son James. Marbles, whose real name is Jonathan May-Bowles, was arrested, and the committee declared a 10-minute recess to allow the room to come to order.

Foam pie attacks have been used for political protest for more than 40 years, starting as part of the US counter-cultural movement in the 1970s. Bill Gates was hit in 1998 on a visit to Belgium, which apparently led to some sackings in his personal security department.

Marbles's attack is similar to Aaron Barschak's, who infiltrated Prince William's 21st birthday in 2003 in Arabic dress. Barschak, who called himself a "comedy terrorist", also stood for election twice, and is now reduced to giving occasional interviews on The James Whale Show.

Barschak was never prosecuted, but the policing environment is very different now, especially in light of the serious nature of the phone hacking hearings. Student protestors are receiving long sentences for what were considered minor public order offences, and Marbles is unlikely to escape prosecution.

Legendary comedian John Cleese often refers to a childhood spent using jokes as a way to escape bullying and harassment. One can only hope that the inmates of Brixton prison are sufficiently amused by Marbles's gags to get him through his stretch.