Rupert Murdoch implies Obama is not ‘real black president’ in tweet praising Ben Carson

Posted in Articles, Barack Obama, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy, United States on 2015-10-08 15:18Z by Steven

Rupert Murdoch implies Obama is not ‘real black president’ in tweet praising Ben Carson

The Guardian
2015-10-07

Ben Jacobs, Political Reporter

Media mogul says Republican contender could ‘properly address the racial divide’ in tweets criticising Obama’s record in office

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has suggested that Barack Obama was not a “real black” president in a tweet praising Republican candidate Ben Carson on Wednesday night…

…However, his earlier tweet directly implied that Obama, whose mother was a white American and whose father was a Kenyan studying in the United States, did not deserve to be classified as African American. Both of Carson’s parents were black and born in the United States…

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Chris Harper Mercer: details emerge of Oregon college killer

Posted in Articles, Law, Media Archive, United States on 2015-10-03 21:34Z by Steven

Chris Harper Mercer: details emerge of Oregon college killer

The Guardian
2015-10-02

Ben Jacobs and Nicky Woolf


Chris Harper Mercer, the alleged gunman in the Oregon shootings. He had captioned this photo: ‘Me, holding a rifle.’ Photograph: Myspace

Umpqua college shooter, who was born in England according to media reports, had a varied online presence that indicated support for the IRA

The Umpqua shooter has been named as Chris Harper Mercer, a 26-year-old who lived with his mother at an apartment only a few miles from the college.

American media reports said he was born in England and moved to the US at a young age: his stepsister, Carmen Nesnick, told CBS Los Angeles that he travelled to the US as a young boy. Other accounts report that Nesnick specified that Harper-Mercer was born in England…

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