Murdoch voices opinions on new Twitter account
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January 4, 2012, Wednesday
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MEDIA mogul Rupert Murdoch has rung in the New Year with a new Twitter account that includes praise for United States Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, opinions on President Barack Obama's policies and the Steve Jobs biography and a dig at British Christmas holidays.
By Monday night, just two days after he started his Twitter account, the 80-year-old chief of News Corp had already issued more than 20 tweets and acquired 74,000 followers.
Teri Everett, a spokeswoman for News Corp, confirmed the Twitter account (http://twitter.com/#!/rupertmurdoch) was Murdoch's.
In one of his tweets, Murdoch described Santorum, a socially conservative former senator who has risen sharply in the polls ahead of Tuesday's Iowa caucus, as the "only candidate with genuine big vision" for the country.
In another tweet, Murdoch said, "Good to see santorum surging in Iowa. Regardless of policies, all debates showed principles, consistency and humility like no other."
He called Obama's decision on the detention of terrorism suspects "very courageous - and dead right!"
Murdoch also commented on Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, the late Apple Inc CEO, tweeting, "Interesting but unfair, family must hate."
He even commented on New York traffic, tweeting, "NY cold and empty, even central park, nice."
It remains to be seen if Murdoch's Twitter foray will pay off in public relations terms.
One of his tweets, "maybe Brits have too many holidays for broke country," was deleted, but not before it was captured by other Twitter users and media.
By Monday night, just two days after he started his Twitter account, the 80-year-old chief of News Corp had already issued more than 20 tweets and acquired 74,000 followers.
Teri Everett, a spokeswoman for News Corp, confirmed the Twitter account (http://twitter.com/#!/rupertmurdoch) was Murdoch's.
In one of his tweets, Murdoch described Santorum, a socially conservative former senator who has risen sharply in the polls ahead of Tuesday's Iowa caucus, as the "only candidate with genuine big vision" for the country.
In another tweet, Murdoch said, "Good to see santorum surging in Iowa. Regardless of policies, all debates showed principles, consistency and humility like no other."
He called Obama's decision on the detention of terrorism suspects "very courageous - and dead right!"
Murdoch also commented on Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, the late Apple Inc CEO, tweeting, "Interesting but unfair, family must hate."
He even commented on New York traffic, tweeting, "NY cold and empty, even central park, nice."
It remains to be seen if Murdoch's Twitter foray will pay off in public relations terms.
One of his tweets, "maybe Brits have too many holidays for broke country," was deleted, but not before it was captured by other Twitter users and media.
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