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Newsjock

(11,733 posts)
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 10:00 PM Oct 2012

Media mogul Murdoch savages Biden via Twitter

Source: Agence France-Presse

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch took to Twitter on Saturday to savage the Obama-Biden campaign, appearing to throw his full support behind Mitt Romney little more than three weeks from election day.

Mr. Murdoch accused Vice President Joe Biden of lying about the administration’s relationship with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, and of also not telling the truth about last month’s deadly attack on the US consulate in Libya.

“Nightmare for Israel if Obama wins. Biden outright lied about personal relations with Bibi. Susan Rice for State real nightmare,” Murdoch wrote on the microblogging service.

... In the second of four tweets reeled off within 18 minutes, Mr. Murdoch lambasted President Barack Obama and his aides for their handling of the aftermath of the Benghazi consulate attack that killed four Americans including ambassador Chris Stevens.

Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/media-mogul-murdoch-savages-biden-via-twitter/article4611342/

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Media mogul Murdoch savages Biden via Twitter (Original Post) Newsjock Oct 2012 OP
I smell Romney brush Oct 2012 #1
I think you are confusing boss with servant. JackRiddler Oct 2012 #10
We are saying the same thing brush Oct 2012 #20
Rupert's SUCH an upstanding sort Plucketeer Oct 2012 #2
I wonder how much of the media rupert owns in this country (what percentage) Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #3
Depends how you count, but 10-15 percent. JackRiddler Oct 2012 #14
it would be nice if he'd just high tail back to australia newspeak Oct 2012 #34
I can think of a much better place for him Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #37
Color me shocked Zorro Oct 2012 #4
In other news... ChiTownChavista Oct 2012 #40
Murdoch Dman292 Oct 2012 #5
HE's not in jail yet? NYtoBush-Drop Dead Oct 2012 #6
Yeah, another one of those old fascist geezers who should have been smirkymonkey Oct 2012 #36
Why isn't he in jail? Frustratedlady Oct 2012 #7
What is this RW obsession with the Benghazi attack? SunSeeker Oct 2012 #8
This is the build up to their lemmings for the 3rd debate. freshwest Oct 2012 #31
Where's Rupert's birth certificate? The long one. AnnaLee Oct 2012 #9
Why isn't this motherfucker in a London jail... JackRiddler Oct 2012 #11
Murdoch Is Out Of His League In Foreign Policy DallasNE Oct 2012 #12
Out of his league, but unfortunately in his element. JackRiddler Oct 2012 #15
The Troll-Father has emerged donqpublic Oct 2012 #13
That reminds me of an old joke donqpublic Oct 2012 #16
Media mogul Murdoch mutters madly! DavidDvorkin Oct 2012 #17
Mumbles mishigass. DavidDvorkin Oct 2012 #18
Meanders mindlessly. DavidDvorkin Oct 2012 #19
Hey, Rupert Murdoch, looks like you have too many problems yourself keeping your house clean Samantha Oct 2012 #21
You mean defacto7 Oct 2012 #22
I bet Joe is losing sleep over this! ailsagirl Oct 2012 #23
+1000 Blueprogress Oct 2012 #24
I thought he was dead SemperEadem Oct 2012 #25
+1 freshwest Oct 2012 #32
LOL ailsagirl Oct 2012 #43
I love replying to these types of things and pissing people off davidpdx Oct 2012 #26
His citizenship should be revoked BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #27
One question. Why is that man not in jail madokie Oct 2012 #28
"Murdoch accused Biden of lying" -- BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Squinch Oct 2012 #29
lying? newspeak Oct 2012 #35
As if we need more evidence LiveNudePolitics Oct 2012 #30
Susan Rice is at the UN, not at "State"... what an asshole, big surprise though, NOT!!! n/t winstars Oct 2012 #33
How can rMoney possibly lose OldHippieChick Oct 2012 #38
Isnt that the wiretapping guy? Captain_truthteller Oct 2012 #39
Romney needs more endorsements from criminal types like this Coyotl Oct 2012 #41
Calling in all the snakes hiding under rocks .Mittens needs you now. crunch60 Oct 2012 #45
This just reinforces Romney's association with the 1% daleo Oct 2012 #42
Rupert Murdoch is a low life scum, without ethics, engaged in a massive crunch60 Oct 2012 #44
Big deal Rupert dgraz007 Oct 2012 #46

brush

(53,778 posts)
1. I smell Romney
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 10:13 PM
Oct 2012

Looks like the Romney campaign is enlisting big business honchos to tweet negative stuff about the Obama administration. Jack Welch chipped in last week about the unemployment numbers. Look for more of these to come.

 

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
10. I think you are confusing boss with servant.
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 11:04 PM
Oct 2012

Romney the super-rich hedge fund vulture may qualify as one of the bosses. His own, in this case.

Romney of the Romney campaign, however, lives at the mercy of NEWSCORP and the other media conglomerates. He's Murdoch's more than Murdoch is his.

This is only one element of Rupert Murdoch's never-ending Attack On America.

brush

(53,778 posts)
20. We are saying the same thing
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 12:03 AM
Oct 2012

I'm not confusing anything. We're basically saying the same thing. Big business honchos are chipping in to get one of their own elected. There are others who also pull the strings. Murdoch is just one of them, along with the Koch brothers and all the rest.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
3. I wonder how much of the media rupert owns in this country (what percentage)
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 10:15 PM
Oct 2012

Good thing rudy fast-tracked his citizenship for him

 

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
14. Depends how you count, but 10-15 percent.
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 11:13 PM
Oct 2012

1) Disney-ABC, 2) NBC-Universal (GE is still a partner, I think, as is MS), 3) Viacom-CBS, 4) Time-Warner, 5) Sony and 6) this abominable slime-crawling motherfuckbeastfromhades are responsible for 90+ percent of the network TV programming by audience and 90+ percent of the movie box office, plus I'd have to say 80-ish percent of the TV news (counting local news affiliates) and I'd think something like a quarter each of the radio and the print news, when you count re-prints. Maybe I'm high on the print side. Hope so. (To get almost all media in the country, add Bertelsmann, the telecoms and cable companies, Apple, MS, Google, Yahoo, Facebook, AOL-Huffington, Clear Channel and the print dinosaurs of Gannett, NYT, WaPo, Knight-Ridder and Hearst...)

Murdoch in USA = FOX + FOXNEWS + WSJ + NY POST + ??? some other business-oriented news properties I forget.

newspeak

(4,847 posts)
34. it would be nice if he'd just high tail back to australia
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:41 PM
Oct 2012

hasn't he done enough damage to our mcpravda media?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
36. Yeah, another one of those old fascist geezers who should have been
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:52 PM
Oct 2012

thrown into the slammer a long time ago along w/ Bush, Cheeney and the rest of the neo-con and Wall Street criminals.

But no, he'll just keep offering his underlings up for sacrifice until he croaks of natural causes. There is no justice for the rich.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
7. Why isn't he in jail?
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 10:25 PM
Oct 2012

Aren't the British about ready to pull him down, or are his underlings going to be thrown under the bus to save his arse?

SunSeeker

(51,559 posts)
8. What is this RW obsession with the Benghazi attack?
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 10:40 PM
Oct 2012

The American people what to hear about jobs, and what deductions Romney plans to eliminate. Oh never mind. I just answered my own question.

 

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
11. Why isn't this motherfucker in a London jail...
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 11:05 PM
Oct 2012

along with the underlings who did his dirty business?

EDIT: Sorry, it's the UK, so gaol?

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
12. Murdoch Is Out Of His League In Foreign Policy
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 11:12 PM
Oct 2012

Why all of the huffing and puffing about Libya? Yes, 4 Americans were killed which is tragic but in the scope of things this was really a small scale attack. Compare and contrast that attack with the embassy attacks in Niarobi and Tanzania, the attack on the Cole, the marine barracks in Lebanon or 9/11 itself. For that matter compare it against the theatre massacre in Aurora, CO. So it is time to get real on things like this and keep the eye on the ball. Today in Florida the Log Cabin Republican organization has an ad out showing the dead Ambassador's body being dragged around Libya. It shows a brain disease on the part of the Republicans to be attempting to make such hay on a minor unfortunate incident. Murdoch is just piling on here.

donqpublic

(155 posts)
16. That reminds me of an old joke
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 11:16 PM
Oct 2012

How do you avoid sharks off the coast of Australia?


Refuse a ride on Murdoch's boat.

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
21. Hey, Rupert Murdoch, looks like you have too many problems yourself keeping your house clean
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 12:04 AM
Oct 2012

to criticize the White House and our great Vice President, Joe Biden.

Sam

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
22. You mean
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:03 AM
Oct 2012

we're supposed to believe what Murdoch says again?

Oh ! I need a sign or something that tells me when to believe liars and when not to believe liars. I'm so confused again.

ailsagirl

(22,897 posts)
23. I bet Joe is losing sleep over this!
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:50 AM
Oct 2012

When that desiccated hate-mongering piece of crap Murdoch doesn't like something someone has done, that means the person has scored big-time. Any decent person would be horrified to have Murdoch's approval!

Mr. Vice-President, you ROCK!!

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
26. I love replying to these types of things and pissing people off
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:38 AM
Oct 2012

@rupertmurdoch UR just pissed UR little bitch got his ass kicked on Th. I expect U & UR twit network 2 declare the end of the world Nov 6th

newspeak

(4,847 posts)
35. lying?
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 02:45 PM
Oct 2012

well murdoch should know a thing or two about lying. hey murdoch, what happens to faux commentators that refuse to tell lies on your network?

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
41. Romney needs more endorsements from criminal types like this
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 05:11 PM
Oct 2012

Calling Bob Ney, calling Jack Abramoff, ...

daleo

(21,317 posts)
42. This just reinforces Romney's association with the 1%
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 05:50 PM
Oct 2012

I don't know if it is really a good thing for him anyway.

 

crunch60

(1,412 posts)
44. Rupert Murdoch is a low life scum, without ethics, engaged in a massive
Sun Oct 14, 2012, 11:12 PM
Oct 2012

spying scandal ruining lives and reputations. He is a parasite.. how dare he attack a man like Joe Biden or President Obama. He is a old festering , hateful (on his last tweet) mogul and should stay out of American politics.

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