Nas & ColorOfChange.org Give 620,000 Petitions to Fox News

[jefferson_dem]

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Color of Change and Moveon have really hit one out of the park.

About four hours after the announcement that his controversial, politically charged ninth album was number one in the country, Nas was on a small podium in front of Fox News headquarters in New York City protesting what he sees as racist attacks against Black Americans and presidential candidate Barack Obama. In a brief prepared statement, the multi-platinum rapper pointed out examples of what he and ColorOfChange see as a long racist smear campaign against the Obama family: The onscreen graphic that referred to Michelle Obama as the Senator's "baby mama"; Bill O'Reilly casually using the phrase "lynching party" to refer to attacks on the Senator's wife; referencing to the couple's infamous fist thump as a "terrorist fist jab." Said Nas, "Fox poisons this country every time they air racist propaganda and try to call it news. This should outrage every American that Fox uses hateful language to talk about the person that may be the first black president."

Fox News wouldn't accept the petitions, so they brought the petitions to Steven Colbert. Watch what happens tonight.

http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7118

[saigon68]

1. Faux = Right Wing Hateful Terrorist Propaganda Netwrk

A Pox on all of them

[PDJane]

2. A pox on Fox........

and kudos to Nas for sending the petition to Colbert after Fox refused them. That's amusing......and just plain great.

[SeattleGirl]

4. Colbert will have a field day with this. n/t

[flashl]

3. K&R nt

[Hutzpa]

5. Finally....... the EAGLE HAS LANDED n/t

[barack the house]

6. WTG Nas. Go my brother !!!!

[astonamous]

7. Insert fist bump here! ; ) n/t

[AspenRose]

8. Beautiful

That's beautiful. Take it to 'em Nas! NGU!

"Sly Fox" video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_xECBcSEAk&feature=related

[CadenBlaker]

9. Hell Yeah!

After hearing Nas's new song about Fox, I bought the album myself. I just signed up to colorofchange.org and suggest others do so also.