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Rupert Murdoch threw shade at President Barack Obama via Twitter on Wednesday, Oct. 7, saying GOP presidential hopeful Ben Carson would be “a real black President” — read his apology.Gregory Pace/BEI/Shutterstock; Romuald Meigneux/Sipa/Shutterstock; Mediapunch/Shutterstock
Even tycoons need to apologize. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch threw shade at President Barack Obama via Twitter on Wednesday, Oct. 7, saying GOP presidential hopeful Ben Carson would be “a real black President.” Naturally, the Internet reacted and Murdoch had to issue an apology.
Although he attended the 2004 Republican National Convention, and supported the GOP’s former gubernatorial candidate for New York state in 2002, the Bay Shore, NY native told Piers Morgan earlier this year that he’s actually an Independent.
“Ben and Candy Carson terrific,” Murdoch, 84, tweeted to his 632,000-plus followers. “What about a real black President who can properly address the racial divide? And much else.”
Murdoch’s tweet was blasted moments after Carson — the sole black candidate to run for the 2016 presidency — appeared with his wife on The Kelly File. (The program is under the Fox News umbrella, which is owned by none other than Murdoch himself.)
The actor portrayed George W. Bush in the 2008 film W. “Everyone said, ‘Why would you want to do that?’ And most of my friends continued to ask ‘why’ until it came out,” he told MTV News in November 2009. “I don’t know how we’re getting the praise and accolades we’re getting. It’s amazing to […]
“Read New York magazine for minority community disappointment with POTUS,” he wrote. Murdoch’s tweets naturally incited controversy, and the magnate had to issue an apology early Thursday, Oct. 8.
Addressing allegations of racism on the Today show on June 26, 2013, the former Food Network star broke down in tears. “If there’s anyone out there that have never said something that they wish they could take back. If you’re out there please pick up that stone and throw it so hard at my head […]
Apologies! No offence meant. Personally find both men charming.
Chelsea Clinton was just 12 years old when her father Bill (then-Governor of Arkansas) secured his nomination as Presidential candidate at the Democratic National Convention in NYC.
Donald Trump high fives Ben Carson during the Republican Presidential Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on September 16, 2015.Max Whittaker/UPI/Pool/Shutterstock
Carson is one of many GOP candidates currently in the mix, along with Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, and Donald Trump.
