Rupert Murdoch says, 'All Egyptians are white', Twitter gives him a hard time

If he keeps stirring controversies this way, the assumption that Rupert Murdoch was born with a ladle in his hands isn’t unbelievable. The latest from the 83-year-old business magnet: All Egyptians I know are white. The media magnet chose to defend the white cast of his upcoming film Exodus on Twitter. The film has been criticised for “the lack of ethnic diversity,” the Independent reported. “Christian Bale plays Moses in the film, which opens on 26 December in the UK, with Joel Edgerton as Rhamses and Sigourney Weaver as Queen Tuya,” the paper reported. [caption id=“attachment_529140” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Rupert Murdoch. Agencies.[/caption] Murdoch, who owns News Corp and 21st Century Fox, took to Twitter to defend the casting. “Moses film attacked on Twitter for all white cast. Since when are Egyptians not white? All I know are,” he tweeted.

Murdoch realised the need for context much later. And then, he tweeted this:

But as the backlash refused to die down, Murdoch played the pacifist to calm angry Tweeters. But it was too little, too late.

But if it’s social media, you know you can’t calm them down. So Murdoch demanded that the subject be changed.

From disbelief to outrage, here’s how Twitter taught the media mogul some history: