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Black Online Activists Ask Black Leaders To Freeze Out Fox New Channel
Posted Mar 14th 2007 10:13AM by Cenk Uygur
Filed under: Breaking News, Elections, Media, TV, Young Turks, Democrats, Barack Obama
Filed under: Breaking News, Elections, Media, TV, Young Turks, Democrats, Barack Obama
Black bloggers and ColorofChange.org are asking the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Institute to officially freeze out Fox News Channel (FNC) from their upcoming presidential debates. They say FNC routinely discriminates against people of color and the network should not be legitimized as a real news outlet.
"No network that calls Black churches a cult, implies that Senator Barack Obama is a terrorist, and uses the solemn occasion of Coretta Scott King's funeral to call Black leaders 'racist' should be given a stamp of approval by the CBC Institute," said James Rucker, head of ColorofChange.org.
The video above is a compilation of Fox clips put together by Robert Greenwald at Brave New Films. It's called "Fox Attacks: Black America." You can find out more at www.FoxAttacks.com.
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Reader Comments ( Page 5 of 5)
61. IS ANY ONE ELSE ALLOWED TO HAVE AN OPINION?
EDWARD GILSON at 12:42PM on Mar 15th 2007
62. WHY DON'T WE JUST SUSPEND THE FIRST AMENDMENT?
EDWARD GILSON at 12:43PM on Mar 15th 2007
63. Mike C trolls for fellow Aryans with - "Whos suffering on a racist level in the real U.S.? The whites. And its our fault we dont stand up. But could you imagine what would happen if we did?
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Sig Hieil!
You guys ever going to rewrite your playbook?
"David Duke has embraced the Internet as a key to the future of the white supremacist movement. An article featured prominently at his site, "The Coming White Revolution -- Born on the Internet," outlines his high hopes that the Internet will "facilitate a world-wide revolution of White awareness." In particular, Duke believes the Web will shatter the control of his "unrelenting enemy," the "alien anti-White" media:
Up until now, unless someone met me personally, or read my material, the only way they could judge me is by what the liberal-biased media says. Now, that situation has changed. Millions of people are going online in America. Now, if they want to find out about me and my ideas and issues all they have to do is go into one of the search engines and search for "David Duke." Hundreds of sources will show up.13
Concerned that the "non-white birthrate," "massive immigration," and "racial intermarriage" will "reduce the founding people of America into a minority," Duke boasts at his Web site about the "genetic potential" of "our people," stressing the "innate intellectual & psychological differences" between whites and Blacks."
http://www.adl.org/poisoning_web/duke.asp
BT at 1:23PM on Mar 15th 2007
64. Edward Gilson agonizes - "IS ANY ONE ELSE ALLOWED TO HAVE AN OPINION?"
I don't see anyone here stopping you...
Of course the First Ammendment only says that you can state your opinion...
It doesn't gurantee that anyone will take it seriously.
Speaking of "No Child Left Behind" - reading and being able to accurately express the principles of the Constitution should be a requirement for graduation from 10th grade in this country...
There would be damn few conservatives left in this country.
BT at 2:58PM on Mar 15th 2007
65. NAACP. Why is the word "colored"allowed in this title,when black is the preferred term.Just wondering.
Chas. at 8:38PM on Mar 15th 2007
66. You would think a group would be greatful of its successes of out growing the terrible things they have had to go through. But to continue to demand a respect they have been given and trying to control every time a situation may inflict some matter of distaste, come on,, everyday i see racist situations against whites. I myself am 33 years old and ill never get used to being called a 'white boy.' let me go around throwing 'black boy' around and watch how long that lasts. Or even how about our oun t.v. channel 'W.E.T.' as apposed to B.E.T.. .Yea right. So im thinking what is it? When are these groups going to be happy? Im not a racist, but i feel more times than not that blacks are trying to manipulate everything they can on basis of their color, and will not stop till, well, they have the U.S. at an imballance(and i dont mean a race/people balance). Any one whos gonna say that the blacks are still a minority and all that,,(excuse my language, but..), Fuck that! Even if it was technically true, the voices have out weighed the numbers to reach where we are all at today, (God Bless The U.S.). Im tired of rolling over time after time, not that im insensitive to this situation cause it is a sensitive one. But whites then should be able to express the same distaste that is put out against us more than thats put out against them. Forget about in the media. Whos suffering on a racist level in the real U.S.? The whites. And its our fault we dont stand up. But could you imagine what would happen if we did?
mike c. at 12:11PM on Mar 16th 2007
67. If the black community wants to yell racism as they always do maybe they should call for a block of the racist channel BET. Or the fact that they have Black History Month. Who else gets a whole month? Christmas the birth of Jesus only gets a day.And all these rappers that use the N word all the time.If any other culture had these things the Black Community would be screaming.The only ones promoting racism is the black community.Fox is a fair news channel. If you don't agree we have another right in this country...CHANGE THE CHANNEL!
BIGT at 9:06PM on Mar 16th 2007
68. Fox news is the only news to watch...too bad AOL doesn't get it...
Debra Baline at 10:31PM on Mar 16th 2007
69. Faux news is not a legitimate news outlet everyone knows it and should not be treated as such. The only reason the right wing whack jobs are watching it is because they spoon feed them propaganda that they like to hear.
Left Is Right at 11:55AM on Mar 17th 2007
70. Fox News Network Rules!
It represents both sides of the issue. However, Truth is Truth and if the shoe fits, why, then wear it. If it pinches, look inward and make the changes necessary and stop complaining! If your down, find out why and don't expect for all of humanity to keep picking up your pieces while you complain that their not doing enough! Sheese!
Sandy Duckwitz at 1:46PM on Mar 17th 2007
71. Ray at 9:03AM on Mar 15th 2007
Ray, the Democrats have keep our Black community is slavery! They will do and give them anything to keep their vote. What a shame they (the Black community) haven't Taken the time to think it through to it's final conclusion. If they did, they would realize that the Democrats are using them for their own grandizement. However, it's not just the Black community, it's also any minority that looks to the government for what they need and not to self.
Sandy Duckwitz at 1:58PM on Mar 17th 2007
72. The current leadship of American Blacks is flawed to the max. There are Black leaders that know what this current leadership has done for the Black community: Nothing. Neither have the Democrats. History is replete with how Republicans have lead the war against slavery and discrimation. But you have to be in school to learn. Bill Cosby, Ward Connerly, Dr. Williams, Ennis Niger should be in the forefront of Black leadership in American. But NO, they are called Uncle Toms. Who is the racist?? It is the Sharpton and Jacksons. They have only fattened their pockets and kept so many Black from becoming the best they can be.
Ron G at 11:50PM on Mar 18th 2007
73. Fox must be getting to those who have a bone to pick, if it isn't the Southern States Flag during the civil war, or this thing called slavery that ended some 142 years ago,or some other problem the Black community is having among their people, and always wanting to place the blame on the white community, now we have the Congress Black Cacus which is filled with the most Racists people in america, then you have the NAACP who's leaders in the most recent past have also been Racists . Julian Bond comes to mind , then you have the Nation of Islam's leader which is the most racists of any Black man I have ever lived to hear....Now the Blacks want all Black org. to block out FOX News so no Black can hear perhaps the truth about their leaders so-called ?? And what is really going on in the Black community in america. I think all these blow hearts need to remember what Bill Cosbey said what was wrong with the Black people today ...It seems that when Fox "Exposes" others and their Hate for the other side . people get very upset.To Bad. that is the way it is folks. I say, Keep at them Fox.
William Clark at 10:53AM on Mar 19th 2007
74. It certainly seems to me that the question here is that of Free speach and Freedom to make educated choices in this country. Listen to both sides, do your research, form your own educated opinion and use your right as an American to put the people you believe will do the right thing in office. Boycott Fox News? Why? Its just another resource for researching all sides of every issue, no worse or better than the others, just another tool for gaining information.
I have also found that more often than not, when one acuses another of an offense taken, a long hard look in the mirror is where you will probobly find the real offensive issue! Scream racism as the problem your comunity is plagued with, perhaps that problem is really staring back at you in the mirror!
ecd at 2:38PM on Mar 19th 2007
75. TRUE WHITE PEOPLE DOWN THIS COUNTRY AND ALWAYS WILL..SIMPLY BECAUSE THE FACT IS WHEN YOU GIVE ANY MINORITY GROUP ANY POWER IT ALL CRUMBLES....LOOK IN THE LAST 30 YEARS HOW OUR SOCIETY HAS GONE DOWN HERE IN AMERICA....FROM GANG SHOOTINGS DRUGS ETC THE LIST GOES ON.....IF YOU ACTUALLY TOOK ALL THE GANGS AND ROUNDED THEM UP BY COLOR BLACK,WHITE AND BROWN AND EXECUTED THEM HOW MANY WHITES DO YOU REALLY THINK WOULD DIE?..NOT TO MANY ....IT IS A SIMPE FACT THAT THE NIGGERS AND SPICS ARE RUINING THIS COUNTRY THANK GOD WE HAVE AIDS AND THEY ARE KILLING EACH OTHER JSUT A MATTER OF TIME ..THEN THE WHITE MAN CAN GET BACK ON TRACK AND KEEP THAT IRON FIST ON THE ANIMALS....ANOTHER 20 YEARS AFICA WILL BE WIPED OUT WITH AIDS COMPLETELY..THAT WAS GOD'S BLESSING THEM WE CAN SHIP ALL THE MONKEYS BACK ON A FREE BOAT RIDE WITH THE COCKROACHES WHO LIKE HOT WEATHER ANYWAY AND LET THEM HAVE THERE OWN COUNTRY..BUT LIKE ALWAYS WE WOULD STILL PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM ALSO...HOPEFULLY THE TERRORIST WILL CONTINUE BOMBING HERE AND DESTROY AMERICA WITH THE WAY IT IS GOING I CAN ONLY PRAY THAT WATTS EAST LA DETROIT ARE ON THE LIST BUT PROBABLY NOT THERE IS NO VALUE THERE AND LIKE I SAID AIDS AND CRACK MOTHERS AND NIGGERS ARE KILLING THEMSELVES
THANK GOD BOR BIN LADEN AND HIS FILLOWERS IT JUST BOTHERS ME THAT THERE IS NO MORE ATTACKS ...
DD at 9:35PM on Apr 16th 2007