Fox News: Moronic, Racist, Putrid Garbage
WTF?
So a young black woman, the daughter of a utility worker and a secretary, does good for herself by attending Princeton and Harvard. She marries a fellow Harvard graduate, has two children, and gets a job as the VP of the University of Chicago Hospital.
And yet, to the chyron writers of Fox News, she is just a "baby mama".
This is, to put it lightly, disgusting. It is also racist and, as if that weren't enough, ignorant. A "baby mama" is a woman who gives birth out of wedlock, and obviously that does not apply to Mrs. Obama.
Fox News not only needs to apologize, they need to expose the person who wrote this chyron and fire them immediately.
Combine this with the ludicrous "terrorist fist jab" bullshit from last week, and Fox News is really setting a new low for themselves.
So a young black woman, the daughter of a utility worker and a secretary, does good for herself by attending Princeton and Harvard. She marries a fellow Harvard graduate, has two children, and gets a job as the VP of the University of Chicago Hospital.
And yet, to the chyron writers of Fox News, she is just a "baby mama".
This is, to put it lightly, disgusting. It is also racist and, as if that weren't enough, ignorant. A "baby mama" is a woman who gives birth out of wedlock, and obviously that does not apply to Mrs. Obama.
Fox News not only needs to apologize, they need to expose the person who wrote this chyron and fire them immediately.
Combine this with the ludicrous "terrorist fist jab" bullshit from last week, and Fox News is really setting a new low for themselves.
posted by Existenz | 10:51 PM
2 Comments:
Yup. The Afrosphere of bloggers is pretty pissed about this.
Who runs FOX News, anyway? The Aryan Brotherhood?
Things like this might not affect McCain's base, but it might affect women who used to support Clinton. So don't be surprised if obama gets another bump in the pollz.
I have an update for you; it seems even the GOP won't support McCain.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/new-gang-of-14-wont-back-mccain-2008-06-11.html
At least 14 Republican members of Congress have refused to endorse or publicly support Sen. John McCain for president, and more than a dozen others declined to answer whether they back the Arizona senator.
Yeah, I saw that article. Great stuff, and it shows that Republicans are even less unified than Dems.
I think turnout for McCain is going to be fairly weak, meaning that his showing in the polls is overstated.
If McCain falls further in the polls (like 10 points or so), then his base will be even more demoralized and turnout will be even lower.
Post a Comment
<< Home