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Murdoch: I'm still an Australian at heart

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Wed Nov 11, 2009 at 06:50:05 PM PST

Given Fox's promotion of birther conspiracy theories (for example, here and here), you gotta' love the fact that Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of News Corp., FNC's parent company, not only was born outside the U.S., but still considers himself an Australian at heart.

Transcript:

   QUESTION: Was it difficult to give up your Australian citizenship?

   MURDOCH: Yeah, very.

   QUESTION: Do you still think of yourself as an Australian?

   MURDOCH: Since then, it’s become possible to have dual citizenship here.

   QUESTION: But not in the U.S.

   MURDOCH: But not in the U.S., although millions of people do. But I don’t want to go before a congressional committee and be reminded of what I swore, and admit that I’ve got two or three passports.

   QUESTION: Do you still feel at heart an Australian?

   MURDOCH: Yeah. Yeah, very largely.

It's just delicious that the "news" network of choice for the birther loons is run by a guy who still considers himself to be citizen of another nation.

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