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Rupert Murdoch: Obama Policies "Dangerous"

June 08, 2009 5:34 pm ET - by Karl Frisch

If there was any doubt over what News Corp. (Fox News' parent company) chairman Rupert Murdoch thinks of President Obama's policies, this should clear things up.

Per Danny Shea at the Huffington Post:

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."

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