Rupert Murdoch Praises 2016: Obama?s America As Fact Questions Loom

The feature documentary had a limited roll out in Texas and other locations in mid-July, but after expanding to additional screens in the lead-up to the Republican convention, it has reaped more than $10.5 million to date at the box office. (The doc is �second only, so far, to Katy Perry: Part of Me�, which has earned in excess of $25.3 million domestically, �as the top non-fiction film of the year.)

Those box-office numbers could get a boost now that the anti-Obama doc has scored a high-power endorsement from conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The embattled News Corp. chairman gave 2016: Obama's America his thumbs up via Twitter, even as questions arise about the veracity of the film's assertions.

Murdoch said via a Tweet:

Just saw 2016. Truly scary if no answer. Every voter should see and decide for self what future they want for America.

Obama's America is based on Dinesh D'Souza's 2010 New York Times-best selling book�The Roots of Obama's Rage. D'Souza and John Sullivan co-directed and co-wrote the film, and the filmmakers said that Murdoch asked for a screener of the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In part, the film scrutinizes Obama's Kenyan-born father and his alleged anti-colonialist views. (What is now Kenya gained independence from Great Britain in 1964). The elder Obama's views, according to D'Souza, explain why President Obama rejects "American Exceptionalism" and why the author-filmmaker believes he is aiming to "re-shape America" by reducing the U.S.'s overall global reach and influence.

According to the AP, 2016: Obama's America also asserts the president's views were reinforced by his upbringing in Hawaii, which was effectively annexed by the U.S. after the overthrow of its monarchy in the 1890s.

Obama's father left his family when Barack was just 2 years…

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