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Rupert Murdoch apologises for controversial remarks, Aziz Ansari immediately fires back

Ansari had previously mocked Murdoch for his controversial Muslim tweets.

Jan 14th 2015, 10:05 PM 4,807 Views 3 Comments

LAST WEEK, RUPERT Murdoch found himself at the centre of a Twitter firestorm after he asserted that all Muslims were to blame for last week’s Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris.

Murdoch sent the following tweet in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.

Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist cancer they must be held responsible.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) January 10, 2015

Source: Rupert Murdoch/Twitter

High-profile figures such as JK Rowling, Jon Stewart and Aziz Ansari slammed Murdoch for the tweet, with Ansari taking to Twitter to mercilessly mock the media magnate.

Tonight, Murdoch backtracked on his remarks saying that he didn’t mean “all Muslims” were to blame for last week’s terror attacks.

Certainly did not mean all Muslims responsible for Paris attack. But Muslim community must debate and confront extremism.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) January 14, 2015

Source: Rupert Murdoch/Twitter

Tens of thousands of jihadi victims are Muslims and millions fighting back. But important for people of all faiths to address the threat.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) January 14, 2015

Source: Rupert Murdoch/Twitter

Naturally, Ansari immediately spotted the tweets and fired back with this tweet.

@rupertmurdoch Hahahah you got forced to do a fake apology tweet!!! AHAHAHAHA YOU LOSER
— Aziz Ansari (@azizansari) January 14, 2015

Source: Aziz Ansari/Twitter

Murdoch has not yet responded to Ansari calling him a ‘loser’, but we secretly hope this war of words never ends.

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Rupert Murdoch apologises for controversial remarks, Aziz Ansari immediately fires back

Ansari had previously mocked Murdoch for his controversial Muslim tweets.

Aziz Ansari calls Rupert Murdoch ‘a racist piece of sh*t’ on Twitter >