--- title: Rupert Murdoch Says U.S. Could Use a 'Real Black President' description: Media tycoon's tweet endorsing GOP candidate Ben Carson prompts a severe social-media backlash canonical: https://time.com/4065713/rupert-murdoch-ben-carson-real-black-president-obama/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-08T02:51:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T00:54:03.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Murdoch Says the U.S. Could Use a 'Real Black President' og:description: Tweet making oblique reference to President Obama's ethnicity prompts outrage. og:url: https://time.com/4065713/rupert-murdoch-ben-carson-real-black-president-obama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Murdoch Says the U.S. Could Use a 'Real Black President' twitter:description: Tweet making oblique reference to President Obama's ethnicity prompts outrage. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Rupert Murdoch Just Said That America Could Use a 'Real Black President' by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Updated: Dec 14, 2023 12:54 AM UTCPublished: Oct 8, 2015 2:51 AM UTC by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Updated: Dec 14, 2023 12:54 AM UTCPublished: Oct 8, 2015 2:51 AM UTC The Twitterverse expressed indignation against Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday night, after the media magnate tweeted his approval of 2016 Republican Party presidential candidate Ben Carson. The source of the outrage wasn’t Murdoch’s endorsement of Carson (and Carson’s wife Candy), but rather his choice of words that appeared to be making oblique reference to the ethnicity of President Barack Obama. Murdoch has not yet responded to the backlash against his controversial tweet, or provided a reason for his apparent suggestion that President Obama is not a “real black President.” > [](https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/651924724960874497) Many Twitter users criticized the tycoon, who has made similarly controversial statements in the past. > [](https://twitter.com/AshGhebranious/status/651925038602539008) > [](https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/651942659855118336) > [](https://twitter.com/chef09876/status/651925125592289280) > [](https://twitter.com/AlecMacGillis/status/651935403264622592) > [](https://twitter.com/Athens%5FGrease/status/651926353835462656) Rupert Murdoch Says U.S. Could Use a 'Real Black President' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4065713/rupert-murdoch-ben-carson-real-black-president-obama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4065713/rupert-murdoch-ben-carson-real-black-president-obama/"},"headline":"Rupert Murdoch Just Said That America Could Use a 'Real Black President'","datePublished":"2015-10-08T02:51:51.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T00:54:03.000Z","description":"Media tycoon's tweet endorsing GOP candidate Ben Carson has prompted severe backlash","url":"https://time.com/4065713/rupert-murdoch-ben-carson-real-black-president-obama/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Barack Obama","twitter","Rupert Murdoch","tweet","Dr. Benjamin S. Carson"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4065713/rupert-murdoch-ben-carson-real-black-president-obama/","name":"Rupert Murdoch Just Said That America Could Use a 'Real Black President'"}}]}] ```