Aziz Ansari Brilliantly Trolls Rupert Murdoch for Anti-Muslim Tweets

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 Jamilah King
January 13, 2015

In light of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Rupert Murdoch thinks that all Muslims should be held responsible for what he calls the “growing jihadist cancer.”

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Comedian Aziz Ansari thinks that’s ridiculous, and tweeted as much:

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Then Ansari started the hashtag #RupertsFault:

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