Fox News "Hopes" Someone Murders Obama
Submitted by czawadzki on Mon, 05/26/2008 - 8:19am.
Listen closely to this Fox News Commentary..
A few things to note:
1) Fox News repeatedly interchanges Barack Obama name and Osama Bin Ladins name, this is deliberate. The woman, in this video, actually pauses, afraid of tripping up under the pressure required to act likes she is making a mistake.
2)The fact that Fox News intentionally wants people to confuse the Illinois Sen and Presidential candidate with the terrorist Osama Bin Ladin (someone whose capture and death many Americans have fantasized about) and then, on public airwaves, openly wish for violence against the Senator - Are they trying to encourage someone to kill Obama? Are they openly inciting violence? Isn't that against the law - like yelling fire in a crowded theater?
At the very least, this is dangerous and irresponsible journalism. Laughing about murdering someone, an American Senator too, is a new low for Fox News.
Here are some other posts about this disgusting display of anti-americanism at Fox News:
Daily Kos and
Jeffery Feldman at Huffpost
If you'd like to complain here is the FCC's # 1-888-225-5322 (1-888-CALL FCC) Voice: toll-free.
UPDATE: Good job on registering complaints. Here is the apology (an awkward attempt to pass it off as attempted humor):
Did you actually watch the full clip?
Taking a few second soundbite really takes the whole context out of it. Trotter was talking negative about Clinton and the whole clip was about the media "firestorm" with a sampling of the negative headlines about what was being said about Clinton.
This is the exact same thing that was done with Rev. Wright, taking just a few seconds if not placed in context gives a very incorrect impression.
I really recommend you head over to Crooks & Liars, they have the ability for you to download the full clip. Which will give you a totally different impression than has been posted.
Osama v. Obama
Even Ted Kennedy has said "Osama" when refering to Obama--the press just did not play the tapes. It happened after Obama spoke at the Democratic convention in 2004--check it out!!!