FOX NEWS has been entertaining today.
Obama did well enough on Fox News Sunday. Then they gave some immediate coverage to McCain’s response to Obama conceding that Rev Wright was a legit political issue. (That was pretty slick). Then they talked about the interview thoroughly being sure to rehash the same questions about flag pins, Rev Wright, Ayers, etc. Even Bill Kristol (scumbag) was there to spew.
Now here’s the cream of the crop for Fox. Covering Rev Wright speaking at an NAACP dinner live.
The right HATES the NAACP and Fox is jizzing. They lead into the speech with a remark quoting something about Rev Wright being introduced as “the hottest brotha” and then cut to footage of a black man seemingly screaming at a podium.
I think Fox’s coverage of the Wright speech could have been a mistake. Wright is exponentially more intelligent than the average Fox News viewer, so their heads are probably still spinning. Yes, he’s animated, he makes funny faces sometimes, he even integrates physical comedy. But he’s more entertaining than scary and his message is far more uplifting than hateful. Wright used the theme of “different does not mean deficient” to address contrasts in culture, language and learning of different groups, not only racial but cultural and from a Neuroscience perspective. The speech is a double wammy, it addresses real issues, promotes unity and, in my eyes, proves that Wright is not what the media has made him out to be.
While I’m sure Fox will do their best to bash Wright as anti-white and anti-american while they tear apart the Moyers interview, they’re going to have hard time re-convincing their reasonable viewers who saw this speech. With follow up coverage by Montel Williams and Heraldo Rivera we’re actually getting some decent discussion.
Tally for this weekend (so far): Rev Wright 2, Fox News 0
Hannity’s America is on now. Ding ding ding. He leads with… a Fox News alert… Jeremiah Wright.
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