--- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear Friends, > > Right now, Fox News is trying to paint Barack Obama as foreign, > un-American, suspicious, and scary. They're trying to send Americans > the message that our country's first viable Black candidate for > President is not "one of us." > > I've joined on to ColorOfChange.org's campaign to push back on Fox, > publicly demanding they stop their race-baiting and fear mongering.
You present evidence below of what constitutes "race-baiting and fear mongering." You very well may want to rethink that. Why? Because that will set a standard upon which we can judge what is and isn't "race-baiting and fear mongering" for all parties concerned, not just Fox News. I am of course referring to the church that Barack went to for 20 years and that pastor that Barack himself describes as one of the most important influences in his life. The "baby mamma" comment and the fist-knuckling that you have set as a threshold for racism and fear-mongering? Multiply that by a factor of about 1,000 and you'll get an idea of what consisted sermons and a world view in that cesspool of a church that Barack called "home" for so many years. Hey, why do you think he quit it and denounced it? So, yes, let's set the standard that you insist upon and we'll see how Barack fares against that... > If that doesn't work, then we'll go to their advertisers and the FCC. > I wanted to invite you to sign on as well. It takes only a moment: > > http://www.colorofchange.org/foxobama/?id=2357-561284 > > Here's what happened recently: > > After Senator Obama won the nomination, he and his wife gave each > other a "pound" in front of the cameras. Fox anchor E.D. Hill called > the act of celebration a "terrorist fist jab." Then last week, a Fox > News on-screen graphic referred to Michelle Obama as "Obama's baby > mama"--slang used to describe the unmarried mother of a man's child. > It was a clear attempt to associate the Obamas with negative cultural > stereotypes about Black people, an insult not only to Michelle Obama > but to women and Black people everywhere. > > After each of the incidents mentioned, Fox issued some form of weak > apology. But what does it mean when you slap someone in the face, > apologize the next day, then slap them again on the third? It means > the apology is meaningless. > > These aren't one-time incidents--they're part of a pattern that > continues no matter how often Fox is forced to apologize. Fox has a > clear record of attacking and undermining Black institutions, Black > leaders, and Black people in general. > > If we don't push back now, we will see more of the same from now until > November. Please join me in helping to bring an end to Fox's > behavior. > > http://www.colorofchange.org/foxobama/?id=2357-561284 > > Thanks. >
