Rupert Murdoch backs anti-Barack Obama documentary

Rupert Murdoch has urged all American voters to go and see an anti-Barack Obama documentary which has proven a surprise box-office hit. 2016: Obama's America, which suggests the US president will work to reduce his country's influence on world affairs if he is re-elected this winter, has made more than $10.5m (£6.6m) in receipts in seven weeks of release and is gathering momentum. It entered the US box-office top 10 at the weekend in eighth place . "Just saw 2016. Truly scary if no answer. Every voter should see and decide for self what future they want for America," tweeted Murdoch , who has been a regular user of the microblogging service since the beginning of the year. The Australian-born News Corporation founder, who resigned as a director of News International last month in the wake of the News of the World hacking scandal , is a US citizen and maintains a large business empire in the States including the film studio 20th Century Fox and the TV station Fox News. 2016: Obama's America is directed by conservative author and commentator Dinesh D'Souza, an Indian American who argues that the president's political instincts are anti-American – allegedly due to the influence of his purportedly anti-colonialist Kenyan father Barack Obama Sr. It warns that a second term for the Democratic candidate in November's presidential election could change the country for good and ends with the statement: "The future is in your hands." Murdoch later continued to show his political leanings with a post praising last night's speech by Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan at the party's national convention in Tampa Florida. "Utterly brilliant speech by Paul Ryan," he tweeted. "Leaders like him needed in many countries today."