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Rupert Murdoch Takes Credit for Racist Cartoon: 'The Buck Stops With Me'

"We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted."
February 24, 2009  |  
 
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Rupert Murdoch released a statement in the pages of the NY Post on Tuesday, saying in part, "I am ultimately responsible."

Murdoch was responding to the uproar after last week's controversial stimulus cartoon, for which the paper had already semi-apologized.

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

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