Rupert Murdoch implies Obama is not ‘real black president’ in tweet praising Ben Carson

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Rupert Murdoch implies Obama is not ‘real black president’ in tweet praising Ben Carson

The Guardian
2015-10-07

Ben Jacobs, Political Reporter

Media mogul says Republican contender could ‘properly address the racial divide’ in tweets criticising Obama’s record in office

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has suggested that Barack Obama was not a “real black” president in a tweet praising Republican candidate Ben Carson on Wednesday night…

…However, his earlier tweet directly implied that Obama, whose mother was a white American and whose father was a Kenyan studying in the United States, did not deserve to be classified as African American. Both of Carson’s parents were black and born in the United States…

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