Published: Tuesday - July 22, 2008
Words by Allen Starbury
Nas (Photo: PA)
Nas is set to join members of ColorOfChange.org and MoveOn.org, two political organizations, in delivering a petition to Fox News' New York offices Wednesday afternoon (July 23).
The petition demands that the network cease their attacks on black Americans, specifically Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, during their news broadcasts.
In a press release announcing the event, the organization accuse the network of an alleged pattern of incidents -- including an onscreen graphic that referred to the Obama's wife as his "baby's mama," a pundit who "confused" Obama with terrorist al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and then joked that both should be "assassinated," and the now-infamous comment by a Fox anchor who described the Obamas' fist bump as a "terrorist fist jab."
It also cites an incident in February, when Nas nemesis Bill O'Reilly talked about calling a "lynching party" to deal with Michelle Obama.
"When Fox talks about lynching the woman who may soon be our first lady and then refers to this wife and mother as a 'baby mama,' they are maligning not only the Obamas, but black women and black people across this country," said James Rucker, executive director of ColorOfChange.org in a statement.
Color of Change, Move On, and Nas are scheduled to deliver this petition at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow.
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