News Corp head Rupert Murdoch tweets suggestion Barack Obama isn’t ‘a real black president’
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has thrown caution to the wind tweeting that Barack Obama isn’t ‘a real black president’.
The attack occurred when 84-year-old Murdoch, the driving force behind omnipresent media giant News Corp, praised Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson.
Ben and Candy Carson terrific. What about a real black President who can properly address the racial divide? And much else.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) October 8, 2015
Murdoch then directed followers to a New York mag article questioning whether ‘Barack Obama Done Enough for African-Americans?’
Read New York magazine for minority community disappointment with POTUS
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) October 8, 2015
President Obama has yet to respond to the accusation. Murdoch has issued an apology for the tweet however.
Apologies! No offence meant. Personally find both men charming.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) October 8, 2015