Thursday, July 24, 2008

attack on fox network

nas is upset with the "racial smears" against by fox news


"A spokesperson for Fox News could not be reached for comment at press time. A press release announcing the event accuses the network of an alleged pattern of incidents, which "many believe are a veiled attempt to prey on racism and intolerance and cast the Obamas as 'outsiders,' " citing as evidence an onscreen graphic that referred to the candidate's wife as “Obama’s baby mama,” a pundit who "confused" Obama with terrorist al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and then joked that both should be "assassinated," and the now-infamous comment by a Fox anchor who described the Obamas' fist bump as a "terrorist fist jab." It also cites an incident in February, when Nas nemesis Bill O’Reilly talked about calling a “lynching party” to deal with Michelle Obama. "When Fox talks about lynching the woman who may soon be our first lady and then refers to this wife and mother as a 'baby mama,' they are maligning not only the Obamas, but black women and black people across this country," said James Rucker, executive director of ColorOfChange.org in a statement. [1] Among the incidents listed include on-screen graphic that referred to Mrs. Obama as ''' Obama '''s baby mama,''' an anchor called a fist bump between Barack and Michelle a '''terrorist fist jab''', and FOX personality Bill O'''Reilly suggested calling a '''lynching party''' to deal with Mrs. Obama.

The petition claims FOX referred to Mrs. Obama as ' Obama's baby mama,' and Bill O'Reilly suggested calling a 'lynching party' to deal with Mrs. Obama. Nas accuses FOX of racism in a song called 'Sly Fox' on his latest album, Unititled"

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http://newsfeedresearcher.com/data/articles_e30/

video from todays protest

1 comment:

Joe Woodruff said...

Juan