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Fox Nation Reporting On President Obama’s Birthday: ‘Obama’s Hip-Hop BBQ Didn’t Create Jobs’

08/05/2011 3:20 pm 2 comments

Source: Elizabeth Flock / The Washington Post

Fox News’s news-aggregation Web site, Fox Nation, made an odd and many say “race-baiting” editorial decision Friday when it splashed a story about Obama’s birthday over its homepage with the headline “Obama’s Hip-Hop BBQ Didn’t Create Jobs” and a photo of Obama next to three black celebrities who attended.

The report, which aggregated a Politico story, goes on to detail the menu, guests and R&B, jazz, hip-hop and Motown performances at the event. The report does not mention the performance by white rock band OK Go.

Fox Nation’s headline was taken from a quote by press secretary Jay Carney, who once admitted that “the White House doesn’t create jobs.”

No sooner was the story posted than liberal bloggers pointed out the racism of the headline and accompanying photograph.

To read this article in its entirety visit The Washington Post.

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Anonymous

Now we know why hip hop and philosophy have to ask: Why? Jadakiss asks: Why they gotta do me like that? The hip hop philosopher from Queensbridge, Dr. Derrick Darby asks: Why they gotta call it a hip hop BBQ when Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock were there?
Anonymous

Roland Martin, the Al Sharpton of the news media. Racism, racism, racism; everywhere I turn is racism. Grow up already. Hey Roland, is it ‘racism’ when over 94 percent of b l c k Americans voted for Obama? Is it ‘racism’ when the majority of b l a c k Americans who did vote for Obama state they did so BECAUSE HE IS B L A C K?

Get over it.

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