Rupert Murdoch Knows How to Count

Newsday Reports that Mr. Murdoch has apologized top all those offended by the Chimp cartoon. Without exception. Understand that Mr Murdoch understands what I laid out in an earlier post on the subject. Rev. Al has a large support base. Since the election, even more passive and a-political black folk are not having it. Stores are refusing to sell the paper and a whole lotta white folk in NY weren't having it either (except perhaps those in Staten Island).

Says Murdoch:

As the chairman of the New York Post, I am ultimately responsible for what is printed in its pages. The buck stops with me," Murdoch begins.

"Last week, we made a mistake. We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted."

"Over the past couple of days, I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused. At the same time, I have had conversations with Post editors about the situation and I can assure you -- without a doubt -- that the only intent of that cartoon was to mock a badly written piece of legislation. It was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately, it was interpreted by many as such.

We all hold the readers of the New York Post in high regard and I promise you that we will seek to be more attuned to the sensitivities of our community."

Yeah I bet he had a talk with the editors. I bet it was along the lines of: "WTF!? Do you know the demographics of the city?"