Murdoch Backs President Bush

AFP reports that Rupert Murdoch says President Bush's handling of Iraq and the resurgent US economy will ensure that he is reelected:

"They're with him on that, completely. He's going to walk it in," Murdoch told Australian commercial radio. "The economy's doing extremely well and there is an international crisis.

"You've got to understand, America was attacked. 9-11 changed America -- it was a big moment in history."

Murdoch said the Bush administration had responded correctly to the threat of terrorism.

"Oh yeah. I mean, they deployed all their resources, everything," he said.

Murdoch has been a U.S. citizen since 1985. His media conglomerate, News Corp., owns the Fox television network, Fox News Channel, the New York Post newspaper and the 20th Century Fox studio.

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No doubt this Murdoch endorsement will fuel the "Foxnews is a Bush surrogate" rant coming from the Democrats.