Rupert Murdoch: Obama "Dangerous," Boston Globe Will Survive, Chase Carey Not "Heir Apparent" (VIDEO)

Rupert Murdoch told Fox Business Network's Neil Cavuto Monday morning that Barack Obama is not an extremist but that his policies "dangerous" for America. He also said that the Boston Globe will not disappear and that his recently installed #2, Chase Carey, is by no means his "heir apparent."

"I think Barack Obama would describe himself as a pragmatic leftist but he's not an extremist," Murdoch said. "I think he sees himself as a president for change and that involves bigger government. He's made no secret of that. I think that's dangerous."

Murdoch also voiced belief in the Boston Globe, whose union is voting today on pay cuts necessary to keep the paper alive.

"You know, Boston is a very highly unionized place and they may find that difficult but it's a great newspaper and a great institution, the Boston Globe, and I can't see it disappearing," he said. "Like all newspapers, I think it will change. We think of newspapers in the old-fashioned way, printed on crushed wood so to speak, with ink. It's going to be digital. Within 10 years I believe nearly all newspapers will be delivered to you digitally either on your PC or on a development of the Kindle, shall we say...something that's quite mobile and you can take around with you."

When asked whether DirecTV head Chase Carey, returning to News Corp to serve as the company's #2 executive, was his "heir apparent," Murdoch responded, "No, we're not making any commitments on that at all. Chase is coming in to be my partner and right-hand. He was with us for 17 years before, I think. It's like coming home."

Murdoch also dismissed Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's claim that he was using his media empire to trash Berlusconi as retaliation for higher satellite TV taxes in Italy.

"It's nonsense," Murdoch said. "There was a lot of comment a few months ago when he lowered taxes everywhere in Italy, all business taxes, except on satellite television which he doubled. And he does own the competition, and that tax did not apply when he owned [the competition]. That was business. Now we've not retaliated or said anything about that at all. I don't control what the editor of The Times of London says or The Economist says attacking him. The New York Times, God knows I have no influence there."

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Comments

[Exit]

Murdock is so much more intelligent than all the clowns he employs on Fox News. He must be disgusted with what that network is but overlooks it because of the money he is making on those clowns.

[Cleanerman]

Money is everything, isn't it? Greed is a strong human trait and doing quite well here in America--at the expense of everything else.

[rock2casbah]

You have got it twisted. He is the puppet master.

[Ed and Deb Shapiro - Huffpost Blogger]

look whose calling the kettle black!

It is truly funny when someone like Rupert Murdock says something about another person and is in fact the power freak - truly dangerous culprit.

Oh lordy,

Cheers,

ed

[mayfly0]

I thought he owned the London times? But here he said he had no control on what the editor printed.

[LMPE]

Fox Business? They still exist?

[norkas]

Is he taking so kind of medication. Anyone have differances including Dems who do not agree on everthing but to say his polices are dangerous is another attempt at baiting the extreme right.

Fox news is looney toons and should have a rabid rabbit as there logo.

[TommyMcCarthy]

Voice vote:
All those who find Mr. Murdoch MUCH more dangerous than President Obama say "aye"

I'd say the "aye's" have it wouldn't you?

tm

[emlr]

AYE x 1000!!!!
He has done more to destroy this country with his control of the media than anyone I can recall in my ancient age.

[jhm1953]

Aye!

[Jessica Findlay]

Aye. The mere fact that Murdoch chose to interview with Neil Cavutto is scary - Neil is a wacko!

[retromega]

Just the facts ma'am.

News Corp, Murdoch's alter ego, rarely pays much in Income Tax. It is disputed if this is because it does not make any money or if there are other contributions to society.

Rupert Murdoch is 78 years old. It is also disputed whether the world or our country has as many years left as Rupert Murdoch.

A third disputed point is what dying wealthy does for your chances in the afterlife.

[DBtv]

Enemy of The People.

[BartRoberts]

Obama dangerous?

Maybe. But not to folk like you or me, but to parasites like Murdoch, Phil Gramm, GW Bush and the shysters of Wall Street.

[Cleanerman]

Obama is not dangerous enough to the Wall Street crowd.

[msbeachwood]

When Rupert Murdoch says Obama is dangerous it makes me laugh. BIG BUSINESS, THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION IS WHAT HAS BECOME SO DANGEROUS. Just look around at what it has done to our banking system, our healthcare, our food supply and the environment, and tell me you agree that we should put any faith in the pronouncements of Rupert Murdoch and his ilk.

[TruthmongerII]

Murdock has become dangerous to our health. Why did the FCC ever allow a foreigner to own so much American media? Did it even occur to them that he might have an agenda contrary to American interests?

The Fairness Doctrine needs revisiting and a shake-up at FCC too.

[pilotsknob]

Another misleading HP headline. Murdoch did not say Obama is dangerous. He said that Obama's (supposed) policy of big government spending is dangerous. Let's get the facts straight. And by the way, I'm no fan of FOX news, I just like accurate reporting.

[norkas]

lets do this the Republican way.

1 No bail outs for the banks let them go bankrupt so a depression and run on money will happen.

2. No bail out of AIG so insurance companies and banks go bankrupt all over America and parts of Europe and Asia.

3.No help for any auto companies and let the parts manufacttoring and all related jobs go bankrupt.

Republicans you caused the greatest PONZI to take place in the history of America and care nothing about the U.S.A. you G-D is wall street who you allowed to corrupt and destroy America and cost us trilllions that our children will have to pay forever.

Many Republicans know today that there politiccans are LOWLIFES and care nothing of America ot them.

GROW UP REPUBLICANS because i am one of the fools that supported you in elections and will never trust you again because i have learned you are dangerous and un American as our enemies.

I was someone today who just retired from anti terrorism in a very hight post . He gave up on Republican party of today because he sees the danger in the party and for America

[Cleanerman]

Most everything this administration has done and is trying to do had to happen whether we "like" it or not. Because of the economic crash, stimulus had to take place. It is sad that it had to take place but it did. Otherwise, their would have been massive unemployment and strong deflation. The scenario we are in is scary enough, but things would have been much worse without the spending spree by government. The bad news is, whenever there IS a recovery in the economy, we will have to face the thought of deficit reduction again!!! No one seriously ever wants to do that. Pay as you go. But, Americans are anti-tax to the nth degree.

By the by, I wish in the future, there would be no companies too big to fail. They need to be broken up. No more AIGs. And the banking system? Wow!

[Mjlew]

Murdoch is Austrailian NOT AMerican!! He Hates America and our freedoms. Murdoch is worried about $$$ thats ALL. nothing more.

[ChinaMurdoch]

Murdoch the Australian, a foreigner, buys a US passport so he can own television companies in the US. One of these, FOX News, was one of the worst war mongers leading up to and into the ill conceived Irak war.

He married a Chinese lady to gain entry into the Chinese television market, of course the Chinese were not as gullible and they stopped him.

[msbeachwood]

Rupert Murdoch is an American citizen.

[Cleanerman]

I assume Murdoch has his American citizenship----$$$$ mean everything to him.

[rock2casbah]

There was a reason there is a law that you have to be an American citizen to own such huge American media conglomerates. To turn around and let someone buy into several "citizenships" makes a joke out of this requirement. Murdoch has proven that he has no loyalty nor good will intended toward this country.

[tbirdalum]

Yes, Rupert, but he's only dangerous only to you, because he's going to see to it that you start paying more into the till than you have been paying. You know, bigger piece of the pie, so you have to pay more to the piper. Hurts, don't it?

[Phranque Gallo]

Obama doesn't own the military industrial complex they own him
In the mean time lets bring cheney bush and rove to justice.

RIP
John F. Kennedy JR - Jul 16 1999
Mel Carnahan - Oct 17 2000
Paul Wellstone - Oct 25 2002
Michael Connell - Dec 19 2008
Beverly Eckert - Feb 12 2009
Five Murders All The Same:
Their small plane went down a few miles away from it's intended destination.
In only 1 of the cases was a black box found. And the evidence from the one found supports the theory of Domestic Terrorism.
None of the pilots called mayday. It's as if they just drop out of the sky.
The powers that be try to discredit the pilot in each case.
The odds that five opponents of the same people would all die the same exact way in a 10 year span by dropping out of the sky are 1,000,000,000,000's to 1.
There are weapons on this planet that have the power to shoot planes out of the sky using microwaves.
In each case the plane was led off coarse a few miles into the "kill zone" and dropped out of the sky presumably by a futuristic directed energy weapon.
Studies on the propellers or senator wellstone's plane show it had no forward thrust at the time of impact.
All of these planes dropped basically straight down.
These are not some wild claims, this is real and we must prosecute.

[Shaddup]

What's bad for Murdoch is good for America.

[davidwayneosedach]

It is a good thing that Rupert Murdoch has no role in American politics.

[3rdpartypatriot]

We wish... unfortunately, I suspect that Rupert Murdoch is one of the most powerful men in the world, as he controls information, and that means he can control public opinion. The New York Times will belong to Fox before long as well, possibly.

I'm a conservative, and I agree with a lot of the conservative voices on Fox, but I hate that corporate interests have this much influence over our media, not that MSNBC or CNN are any different. They're just pulling for the other side.

[rock2casbah]

They are not pulling the other side. NBC is GE etc. Just because there is about 1 hour in a 24 hour news cycle given over to another viewpoint hardly means that a network is pulling for the other side.

[youngblood360]

I wouldn't exactly say that he "has no roll in American Politics". With the ownership of News Corp, and as an extension Fox News, he had certainly injected himself into American Politics by hiring idiots like Hannity, O'Reilly and Beck. The Federal Government needs to investigate his holdings because it all smells of monopoly. He owns 50% of the newspapers in New York City, Fox News channels all over the country and the Economist - the right wing ideology is blasted 24/7 through these outlets. He does indeed have a roll and influence in American politics by influencing the discourse in the media he owns. He is a vile man with no scruples; I once received a call from a recruiter to schedule an interview at News Corp. and I turned it down immediately. If his company were the last on Earth, I would not work there for him or anyone else who thinks Dick Cheney is a hero.

[Beachchick]

Of course he plays a role in American politics. To say that he doesn't is disingenuous or ignorant. Murdoch peddles news, more precisely pseudo-news, and you can't get more political than news. Fox News is an adjunct of the Republican Party.

Murdoch needs to go before we all really do live in a Orwellian dictatorship.

[DisgustedbyHypocrisy]

What's ironic about your statement is that -- politics are not the defining voice in our society--- money is - and unfortunately, there are about a handful of power players in the world that have the "real control." Not sure if Murdoch is one of them, but I can tell you, politics is not what it seems - all (ok most) politicians are just pawns to the greed and hunger of power.