United StatesRupert Murdoch has urged all US voters to go and see an anti-Barack Obama documentary that has proven a surprise hit.
2016: Obama’s America, which suggests the US president will work to reduce his country’s influence on world affairs if he is re-elected this winter, has made more than $10.5 million in seven weeks of release.
“Just saw 2016. Truly scary if no answer. Every voter should see and decide for self what future they want for America,” tweeted Murdoch, who has been a regular user of the microblogging service since the beginning of the year.
The Australian-born News Corporation founder, who resigned as a director of News International last month in the wake of the News of the World hacking scandal in Britain, is a US citizen. Mr Murdoch later continued to show his political leanings with a post praising Wednesday night’s speech by Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan in Tampa, Florida. “Utterly brilliant speech by Paul Ryan,” he tweeted. “Leaders like him needed in many countries today.” – (Guardian service)