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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 04:58 AM
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What Fox News Channel Would Have Done to Rosa Parks - Cenk Uygur
Edited on Fri Aug-12-05 05:35 AM by LynneSin
Found this on The Huffington Post and it's a great read!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/cenk-uygur/what-fox-news-channel-wou_5514.html

What Fox News Channel Would Have Done to Rosa Parks

Cindy Sheehan – in case you’ve been living in a box or you only watch the mainstream media – is the mom of slain Iraq War veteran Casey Sheehan. She is protesting in front of George Bush’s Crawford ranch this month. This grieving mom has been characterized as a flip-flopper, accused of putting on a public circus, lambasted as a publicity seeking grandstander and criticized for not truly speaking for her family since an aunt and a godmother Matt Drudge found somewhere in the Sheehan family disagrees with her. The conservative attack machine is in high gear in the efforts to tear this woman down.

That made me think of how it would have been in the Civil Rights era if Fox News Channel, Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge and the rest of the gang were around back then.

O’Reilly: “Rosa Parks claims she speaks for all of the African-Americans in the South, but in fact, we have found two African-Americans who say they disagree with her. They say she’s just trying to gain publicity and doesn’t speak for anyone in her race. They would know, they’re black.”

Hannity: “Could Rosa Parks be angling for a Senate run? What does she have to gain from her public stand? Coming up next, the incredible story of how this woman might be deceiving the whole country!”

Drudge: “We have found three members of the Parks family who say that Rosa doesn’t speak for them. That, in fact, they are very happy with the government of the state of Alabama. The uncle, step-brother-in-law and niece three-times removed all agree that the better route is a dignified, respectful silent deference to authority. Developing …”

Limbaugh: “We have just found information that before Rosa Parks sat in the front of the bus, there were numerous times, she sat in the back of the bus! Ah ha! A flip-flopper!"



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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 05:18 AM
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 05:35 AM
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 09:00 AM
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3. Oh that's funny, but sad
because it's so true!

*KicK* and recommended !
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