{"id":22896,"date":"2014-11-29T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=22896"},"modified":"2014-11-29T23:19:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T07:19:04","slug":"racist-logic-rupert-murdoch-only-knows-white-egyptians-ergo-all-egyptians-are-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=22896","title":{"rendered":"Rupert Murdoch Employs Racist Logic To Defend All-White Casting Of The Exodus Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

The upcoming release of Ridley Scott’s epic film adaptation of the biblical story of Exodus has generated some controversy due to the all-white casting of the movie’s principle players. While creative endeavors are entitled to exercise license in the pursuit of effective storytelling, it is reasonable to observe a certain measure of fidelity to reality. For instance, an actor playing the part of Ray Charles does not have to be blind, but he sure as hell better be black. Consequently, the complaints about Exodus are justifiable and a worthy subject of debate.<\/p>\n

Enter Rupert Murdoch, the Chairman and CEO of the film’s distributor 21st Century Fox (as well as Fox News). Murdoch took to Twitter to defend the film from the criticism that its casting was insensitive to race. But his comments escalated the problem from mere insensitivity to outright racism.<\/p>\n

\"Rupert<\/p>\n

The tweets that Murdoch posted said, in sequence…<\/p>\n

5:07 PM – 28 Nov 2014<\/a>: “Moses film attacked on Twitter for all white cast. Since when are Egyptians not white? All I know are.”<\/p>\n

5:22 PM – 28 Nov 2014<\/a>: “Everybody-attacks last tweet. Of course Egyptians are Middle Eastern, but far from black. They treated blacks as slaves.”<\/p>\n

5:53 PM – 28 Nov 2014<\/a>: “Okay, there are many shades of color. Nothing racist about that, so calm down!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is astonishing that someone who runs an international media corporation is oblivious to the offensive nature of his comments and that he manages to make things worse with every subsequent utterance.<\/p>\n

First of all, it requires a rather perverse and racist logic to conclude that just because every Egyptian that Murdoch knows is white, it is therefore true that all Egyptians are white. What’s more, Murdoch has revealed information about himself that says something about his personal relationships. He confessed that he doesn’t know any Egyptians that are not white. Of course, the narrowness of Murdoch’s network of acquaintances does not define the diversity of a nation.<\/p>\n

Secondly, Murdoch’s first defense is based on a distinction between Middle Easterners and blacks. However, it is Murdoch who is introducing the notion that the problem with the movie is an absence of blacks. In fact, the critics have mainly addressed the exclusivity of whites. That doesn’t mean that more blacks should have been cast, just more people who are not white, including Middle Easterners.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, while artificially making this a black\/white issue, Murdoch supports his bigotry by noting that Egyptians “treated blacks as slaves.”<\/em> Is that supposed to mean that, therefore, there are no black Egyptians? Americans also treated blacks as slaves. So by Murdoch’s logic there are no black Americans. Additionally, someone should inform Murdoch that Egyptians also treated Jews as slaves, which is the whole theme of the film. So what exactly is his point?<\/p>\n

Finally, having exhausted all of the tortured logic he could summon, Murdoch condescendingly instructs his critics to “calm down.”<\/em> It’s as if his blatant prejudices are excusable because he is Rupert Murdoch and no one is allowed to question him. And those who do are over-excited and their complaints are unwarranted. He seems to believe that he has some moral superiority to tell other people how they should feel and respond to his hateful biases.<\/p>\n

If anyone is curious as to why there is so much expression of racism on Fox News, and other Murdoch properties like the Wall Street Journal, they can fairly conclude that the source emanates from the top. It is people like Murdoch who influence those he employs, who then influence their audience of dimwitted followers, that results in the repulsive editorial bigotry that is so rampant in conservative media.<\/p>\n

\n

Be Sure To \u201cLIKE\u201d News Corpse On Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The upcoming release of Ridley Scott’s epic film adaptation of the biblical story of Exodus has generated some controversy due to the all-white casting of the movie’s principle players. While creative endeavors are entitled to exercise license in the pursuit of effective storytelling, it is reasonable to observe a certain measure of fidelity to reality. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Racist Logic: Rupert Murdoch Only Knows White Egyptians, Ergo All Egyptians Are White","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,417,16],"tags":[33,1143,30],"class_list":["post-22896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-racism","category-wankery","tag-fox-news","tag-racism","tag-rupert-murdoch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/murdoch-egypt-white.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-5Xi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30467,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=30467","url_meta":{"origin":22896,"position":0},"title":"Merry (War On) Christmas From A World Without Rupert Murdoch","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/24\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The classic film, \"It's A Wonderful Life,\" has become a tradition in the holiday season. And despite the attempts by Fox News to wage a divisive and exclusionary war that pits Americans against one another for merely offering different versions of the season's greetings, the movie's message continues to uplift\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Wonderful Life","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/wonderful-life.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/wonderful-life.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/wonderful-life.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1561,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1561","url_meta":{"origin":22896,"position":1},"title":"Number Of Advertisers For Glenn Beck In The UK: Zero!","author":"Mark NC","date":"2\/17\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The movement to persuade advertisers from supporting Glenn Beck's Acute Paranoia Revue has been surprisingly successful. Thanks to the efforts of Color of Change and StopBeck.com, over 100 advertisers have now affirmed that they will no longer permit their ads to be aired during Beck's program. That's here in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4886,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4886","url_meta":{"origin":22896,"position":2},"title":"What If Rupert Murdoch Had Never Been Born?","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/13\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Inspired by the classic film \"It's A Wonderful Life,\" British comics Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie take a look at the world if Rupert Murdoch had never been born: Click here to call on Congress to investigate News Corp\u2019s hacking practices and whether they are doing it in the U.S.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"Wonderful Fox-Free Life","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/wonderful-fox-free-life.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/wonderful-fox-free-life.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/wonderful-fox-free-life.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3188,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=3188","url_meta":{"origin":22896,"position":3},"title":"The ADL Must Revoke Rupert Murdoch’s Award","author":"Mark NC","date":"11\/11\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"In light of the brazen anti-Semitism displayed throughout Glenn Beck's special programs attacking George Soros this week, the Anti-Defamation League must now answer for their tribute to Beck's employer, Rupert Murdoch. Last month the ADL gave Murdoch their International Leadership Award citing \"his commitment to promoting respect and speaking out\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19914,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=19914","url_meta":{"origin":22896,"position":4},"title":"Get To Know Rupert Murdoch, The Man Who Wants To Buy Time Warner","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/23\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week there was a surprising announcement that international media baron Rupert Murdoch had made a bid to expand his empire even further. He submitted an offer to acquire Time Warner in an $80 billion stock transaction. Be Sure To \u201cLIKE\u201d News Corpse On Facebook This would be an atrocious\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Big Media"","block_context":{"text":"Big Media","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rupert Murdoch","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/notw-murdochalypse11.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":31185,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=31185","url_meta":{"origin":22896,"position":5},"title":"Irish Lives Matter? Fox News Celebrates Racism On St. Patrick’s Day","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/17\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Leave it to Fox News to turn the most slammin', sloshin', party holiday of the year into an opportunity to demean a civil rights movement devoted to saving lives and improving relations with society's institutions. Today's episode of \"The Five\" opened with an extended segment of the panel's tribute to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-stpatricks.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-stpatricks.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnews-stpatricks.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22896"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22917,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22896\/revisions\/22917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}