Rupert Murdoch Encourages Bloomberg 2016 Presidential Run

[big_dog]

Source: US News & World Report Jan. 27, 2016, at 6:25 pm


Fox News may be at odds with one billionaire New Yorker running for president, but its owner, Rupert Murdoch, is urging another to join the fray. The News Corp founder and publishing tycoon on Wednesday egged on the White House ambitions of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a financial magnate who is considering an independent bid for president. “This is Bloomberg’s last chance,” Murdoch tweeted. “You never know until your hat is in the ring! Events change everything, especially during elections.”


Bloomberg has publicly toyed with a presidential run in the past, and has concluded he would not win. But the unpredictable 2016 election – in which fellow billionaire Donald Trump, a boorish former reality-show star and political novice, has consistently led a super-sized GOP field of experienced politicians – has the former mayor seriously considering jumping into the race. According to a New York Times report, Bloomberg has indicated he would pour $1 billion of his own money into a campaign, and has set a March deadline to decide.


Experts believe Bloomberg would be most likely to run under one of three scenarios: If Trump, currently making headlines for his refusal to participate in Thursday’s GOP debate on Fox News, or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a tea party favorite loathed by the Republican establishment, were to win the nomination; or if Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-described Democratic Socialist, defeated front-runner Hillary Clinton to become the Democrats’ pick.

Murdoch has weighed in on a potential Bloomberg run before, urging him to enter the race in August as it became clearer Trump’s candidacy wasn’t a publicity stunt. If he were to run, analysts say, Bloomberg would be the longest of shots: no third-party candidate has ever won the White House. But his former membership in both major parties – and his liberal views on gun control and abortion rights, balanced by his business acumen – might appeal to a centrist majority if the party nominees were seen as extremists.


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[houston16revival]

1. Is Fox News Running This Election?

Outrageous bias, and that means no journalistic standards.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. The oligarchs are circling

like vultures

[Ford_Prefect]

3. Talk about giving the kiss of death to Bloomberg's political aspirations...

[Turbineguy]

4. Compliment

with faint praise.

[Des Moines De Mon]

5. Of course he does!

A Bloomberg run would virtually guarantee a Ratpublican president next year.

[leveymg]

6. The Saudis are heavily invested in Rupert Murdoch

A few years ago, Kingdom Holdings had about ten percent of NewsCorp but scaled back their direct holdings in favor of proxies. The vast majority of Saudi control over western corporations is indirect ownership through cross-investment and shell corporations registered in third countries. This makes Saudi political donations and foreign influence operations harder to trace.

[NCjack]

7. The news industry makes big profits on the US presidential campaigns,

esp. if there is controversy. Rupert needs more money before he checks out.

[november3rd]

8. As much as ...

... I like the idea of Bernie vs. the Billionaires, I think maybe it would be easier for everybody at this point to just SCRAP THE ELECTION altogether, and appoint Bloomberg, Murdoch and Trump as a triumvirate.

[denbot]

9. How bad are the GOP's chances if Herr Murdoch will back a third party run.

The internal numbers must really look grim for any and all of the clown car cadre.

[onehandle]

10. Fox News, unsurprisingly, trying to Nader us. nt