Rupert Murdoch apologizes for cartoon, has crush on Obama

Rupert Murdoch has a crush on Obama according to author Michael Wolff. Murdoch, New York Post Chairman and head of News Corp, apologized for a cartoon seen as a racist depiction of President Barack Obama as a chimpanzee (Reuters and MSNBC reports). Murdoch said the cartoon was a mistake that offended many people. "Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted. We all hold the readers of the New York Post in high regard and I promise you that we will seek to be more attuned to the sensitivities of our community. The cartoon of a policeman shooting an ape mocked the real shooting of a pet chimpanzee in Connecticut. A police officer in the cartoon says, "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill." The cartoon followed the Obamas signing of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill into law. Reuters also reported that the newspaper initially defended the cartoon as a parody of Washington politics, but Sharpton said it exploited a potent image in the history of racism toward black people. Opinion derived from analysis of various news sources and the featured clip is from MSNBC Hardball with host Chris Matthews focusing on a Reuters news report.

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[tryggda]

It was stunningly racist. BUT......

OK, let us say it was not racist. that is WAS just a monkey. Still a very ugly way to criticize what we need in this country---a little bit of health reform.

This says the other side is nothing but ignorant.

Way too much---whoever is president.

[iambile]

It wasn't racist. People who thought it was has a sad inability to pay attention to facts. Obama didn't write the stupid bill. Special interest and congressional aids wrote it.

[bluedov69]

Yea he has a crush on Obama alright ! Murdock saw Obama as his pet monkey ! Give me a Break