Rupert Murdoch made an ass of himself on Twitter (again), this week as he used the hospitalization of an obese woman after she fell through a sidewalk to make a bunch of prejudiced sneers about her. He tweeted, "How did fat lady who fell thru street get to 400 lbs? Welfare, stamps, etc? Then leave us all with 20yrs immense health bills."
As Dylan Byers in Politico wrote about the uproar and included Keith Olbermann's hilarious response:
Ulanda Williams was hospitalized on Friday after falling through the sidewalk. A number of people criticized Murdoch for his take on the incident — Keith Olbermann, for example, responded with "How many prejudiced assumptions can you fit in one tweet, Rupe?" and "This is like assuming all media moguls achieved success thru bribery, bullying, phone hacking"
Byers noted that Murdoch responded to the outcry by tweeting about it again: Did not mean to be unsympathetic to 400 lb lady, but fact remains unhealthy eating by rich and poor driving up premiums for all.
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Antoinette commented
2013-01-18 14:20:38 -0500
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That’s the ticket, Keith. Bring up the hacking scandals. Ruthless Rupy should be deported from the U.S. over the criminal misconduct of his employees and son.
NOTE TO RUPY
If you are going to make fat jokes, let’s start with Roger Ailes. Luckily, the News Corporation building is made of steel to carry his fat arse.
NOTE TO RUPY
If you are going to make fat jokes, let’s start with Roger Ailes. Luckily, the News Corporation building is made of steel to carry his fat arse.
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2013-01-17 15:11:22 -0500
Gotta love Olbermann's response!
John Burski commented
2013-01-17 11:41:22 -0500
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“How did fat lady who fell thru street get to 400lbs?” Good question. I don’t know, Rupert, and, more to the point, NEITHER DO YOU! She may have had a medical condition that caused the weight gain.
Richard Santalone commented
2013-01-17 10:56:54 -0500
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This latest episode is 100% CONCRETE PROOF of what a TOTALLY RUTHLESS, SADISTIC AND INCREDIBLY EVIL individual Herr Goebbels II (i.e. Murdoch) really is. Naturally, he will NEVER, EVER say similar tweets about his faithful toady Roger Ailes (i.e. Jabba the Ailes in “Trumanese”). Mark my words: Herr Goebbels II is by far the MOST DANGEROUS AND EVIL individual alive today — and because of the POSITIVELY ENORMOUS SIZE of his media empire (it reaches about 80% of the world’s population), he is by far the BIGGEST THREAT to freedom as we know it — no other media mogul even comes close — and yes, I’m including the rightwing’s favorite whipping boy George Soros.