Murdoch to Romney: Stop 'Playing It Safe'

Grumpy mogul complains Mitt doesn't 'look like a challenger'
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 25, 2012 12:12 PM CDT
Murdoch to Romney: Stop 'Playing It Safe'
In this Oct. 14, 2011 file photo, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch delivers a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform in San Francisco.   (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Rupert Murdoch is flummoxed by Mitt Romney's campaign. "When is Romney going to look like a challenger?" he said yesterday in a tweet spotted by Mediaite. "Seems to play everything safe, make no news except burn off Hispanics." This shouldn't be so hard, the media mogul later added. "Easy for Romney to spell out restoration of the American dream and bash incompetent administration. But not a word!" (More Rupert Murdoch stories.)

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