Rupert Murdoch has had to apologize for, or clarify, so many of his tweets that you’d think he’d have learned to edit himself — or just think a moment longer before hitting the “send” button. But it happened again this evening after he wrote a message about a story in his New York Post about an overweight woman from Queens who fell through the sidewalk on the Upper East Side: “How did fat lady who fell thru street get to 400 lbs? Welfare, stamps, etc? Then leave us all with 20 yrs immense health bills.” The response was immediate: “How many prejudiced assumptions can you fit in one tweet, Rupe?” Keith Olbermann wrote. He added: “This is like assuming all media moguls achieved success thru bribery, bullying, phone hacking.” Murdoch quickly tried to clean things up: “Did not mean to be unsympathetic to 400 lb lady, but fact remains unhealthy eating by rich and poor driving up premiums for all.” Last year Murdoch apologized to actor Hugh Grant for wrongly suggesting that he had refused to support his daughter. He apologized for suggesting that Gen. David Petraeus had “taken the fall” for President Obama following the murder of U.S. embassy personnel in Benghazi. He apologized for asking why the “Jewish owned press” was “so consistently anti-Israel.” And he missed by 23 days what he said was the one-year anniversary of Steve Jobs’ death.


You stay classy, Rupert Murdoch.
When my grandfather reached a certain age, we wouldn’t allow him to use the remote control to the tv.
You need to retire Rupe!
We all think things that are “politically incorrect” but don’t express them or pharse them in such a way as not to get hammered by people overly sensitive. Even though I may not agree with all he says, I’m glad he shoots from the hip and says what he thinks. If more people (and politicians) did the same there would be a lot more integrity.
Meaning, you support bigotry, ignorance, false assumptions, and reactionary assholery? Well, then good for you.
Yep. Accusing fat black chicks of being welfare queens just SMACKS of integrity.
Just like Olbermann, a stupid useless tool Murdoch is and thinks with his ass instead of with his head. Olbermann isn’t any better and has anyone bothered to hire him yet? I think not! PEASANTS!!
Olbermann made his point using facts instead of political theater.
Can someone really get to be 400lbs off of food stamps?
If those food stamps are spent on Twinkies and Ding-Dongs? Yes.
You can buy steak and lobster with food stamps. Did you really just ask that?
I’ve got a new word for Rupert Murdoch: tworry.
I think it’s very kind of Mr. Murdoch to share his gradual but inevitable mental decline with us like this.
Murdoch is right about one thing. Fat people and their weight problems are a drain on society. Sometimes I think Louis CK had a point when he suggested that lions be let loose onto the streets.
Funny how people just look at the race ,status and weight of people and assume they are on welfare. Here is my thing with Murdoch’s theory. Welfare don’t pay a lot as it. This is what don’t make sense with what he said is if you don’t have a lot a lot of money, how are you going to constantly eat a lot. He has the money, shouldn’t be the other way around.
Secondly, why is he so worried about Ulanda being on welfare when he has wronged people with his crooked self? Then his wife broke up two marriages and left his wife for the wife he has now. Oh and I wonder how his black kin (oh yeah. keeps them in the back burner) feel that he don’t have high regards to them?
at 400#’s I wonder what she does for a living? My guess is she does the same thing that Olberman does.