Fox News on Obama’s Baby Mama
As if last week’s terrorist fist jab incident wasn’t bad enough, FOX News continues to show its true colors by labeling Michelle Obama as “Obama’s Baby Mama.”
No, this isn’t doctored–that’s exactly the chyron that the totally not racist folks over at Faux News put up over a clip of Michelle Obama. Not surprisingly, right wing crazy person blogger, FNC hack contributor, and woman of color Michelle Malkin (over there on the left) said nothing. Fortunately, my fellow “outraged liberals” were more than happy to do so:
Oliver Willis is still finding out new things about his own people (or “bitches and hos” as FOX would probably call them):
So here’s the thing (because during this campaign I’m apparently learning that we black people have our own secret code and hand signals so this stuff has to be explained like you are speaking to a child at times), using the phrase “baby mama” to describe this woman implies that like too many people in the black community, she is a mother on her own with no man around doing his job.
Except, Barack and Michelle Obama are the exact opposite of this, and that is one of the reason America – especially black America – are so proud of them.
But Fox News is the network that tears down those who do not toe the line, and if that means they should resort to jive to describe a black woman as a “baby mama” despite the strength of her family and her own personal success, so be it.
Pam Spaulding is a little more blunt:
It’s high time that Fox News just stop with the pussyfooting around with these games and run the more direct ”nigger” on any Chyron running over video of the Obamas.
I’ve got an idea. How about on the next episode of The O’Reilly Factor, why not have Bill do a little PSA on behalf of the network?
Pretty soon, FOX is going to have to change its slogan from “fair and balanced” to “separate but equal.”
Update: Apparently someone over at FOX “exercised poor judgement.” Um, yeah.
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