{"id":2334,"date":"2010-07-21T02:58:14","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T09:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2010-07-21T02:58:14","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T09:58:14","slug":"fox-a-new-low-in-assault-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/21\/fox-a-new-low-in-assault-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox: A New Low in Assault Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just when I thought that Fox News could not sink any lower than they have with their ACORN scam and their NBPP non-issue, what they did to Shirley Sherrod reaches previously unseen levels of depravity.<\/font><\/p>\n

They aired a 38 second clip of her speech before the NAACP that made her appear to be denying assistance to white farmers due to racism.  In context, the opposite is undoubtedly true.  There is no doubt that this misrepresentation was intentional.<\/font><\/p>\n

The NAACP called for her dismissal and the Obama administration fired her on the spot.  Both were wrong to believe anything Fox airs.  The NAACP has since apologized, as well they should.  The Obama administration should immediately reinstate Shirley Sherrod with a public apology.<\/font><\/p>\n

Rachel Maddow had the best coverage of those items I saw.  Here are two clips.  In the first, she explains what happened and how Fox misrepresented it.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In the second, Rachel and NAACP Director, Benjamin Jealous, discuss the NAACP\u2019s role in the scandal, and how they were \u201choodwinked\u201d by Fox.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Fox has clearly shown that they are NOT a news organization.  They are the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda.<\/font><\/p>\n

Please call the Whitehouse at 202-456-1414.  Ask them to immediately reinstate Shirley Sherrod and to launch a criminal investigation into this incident.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just when I thought that Fox News could not sink any lower than they have with their ACORN scam and their NBPP non-issue, what they did to Shirley Sherrod reaches previously unseen levels of depravity. They aired a 38 second clip of her speech before the NAACP that made her appear to be denying assistance […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}