faux responds to 'Magic Negro' scroll, but don't expect an apology

[babylonsister]

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_01/016286.php

FOX NEWS SURE IS TOUCHY.... As part of its New Years broadcast this week, Fox News viewers were invited to send in messages that were then added to the network's on-screen crawl at the bottom of the screen. Presumably, someone at the network was checking the text to make sure FNC didn't air anything too offensive, but that didn't stop Fox News from broadcasting one message that said, "{L}et's hope the Magic Negro does a good job."

Yesterday, a network official responded to the incident.

Fox News VP of programming Suzanne Scott explains, "We received tens of thousands of text message submissions during our New Years Eve special, and this particular viewer submission was inadvertently cleared for air. At FOX we recognize our error as opposed to networks who allow their hosts to utter crude vulgarities to the public."

It's an interesting response for a couple reasons. First, as Matt Corley noted, it's harder to accept these "accidents" given Fox News' history of "allowing racially-charged language aimed at Obama and his family to make it on air and then claiming it was simply a mistake."

Second is that "as opposed to" line from Suzanne Scott. Fox News can't just admit it made a mistake; it has to take shots at its competitors. It's a like a child who gets caught screwing up, and whose first instinct is to point to some other kid and say, "Yeah, but he screwed up, too."

—Steve Benen 1:00 PM

[Dennis Donovan]

1. They sure do have a lot of on-air accidents over there at Faux...

They should be shunned for their lack of professionalism, on top of their overt bias.:thumbsdown:

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. I got slammed on DU for pointing out their blatant racism

in my OP with a screen shot.



Enough people called them out on them that they finally had to respond
even though it was a lame response.

They think they are foxy sly but are really just fauxy liars.

[monmouth]

3. They also managed to get a little slap to CNN for Griffin...LOL. ..n/t

[applegrove]

4. Like because they didn't have a host say "crude vulgarities" they are off the hook.

[Swamp Rat]

5. "Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C....."

Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C.
The L.A. Times, they called him that
‘Cause he’s not authentic like me.
Yeah, the guy from the L.A. paper
Said he makes guilty whites feel good
They’ll vote for him, and not for me
‘Cause he’s not from the hood.

See, real black men, like Snoop Dog,
Or me, or Farrakhan
Have talked the talk, and walked the walk.
Not come in late and won!

Oh, Barack the Magic Negro, lives in D.C.
The L.A. Times, they called him that
‘Cause he’s black, but not authentically.
Oh, Barack the Magic Negro, lives in D.C.
The L.A. Times, they called him that
‘Cause he’s black, but not authentically.

Some say Barack’s “articulate”
And bright and new and “clean.”
The media sure loves this guy,
A white interloper’s dream!
But, when you vote for president,
Watch out, and don’t be fooled!
Don’t vote the Magic Negro in –
‘Cause —

’Cause I won’t have nothing after all these years of sacrifice
And I won’t get justice. This is about justice. This isn’t about me, it’s about justice.
It’s about buffet. I don’t have no buffet and there won’t be any church contributions,
And there’ll be no cash in the collection plate.
There ain’t gonna be no cash money, no walkin’ around money, no phoning money.
Now, Barack going to come in here and ........

— by some racist white dude named Paul Shanklin
email: [e-mail]
http://www.paulshanklin.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shanklin

[orleans]

10. here he is swampy, paul shanklin. let's see what you can do for him?

[varkam]

6. Oh, okay, so they're not racist they're just incompetent. Gotchya.

:eyes:

[Berry Cool]

7. They can never just admit they're wrong.

Either they deny it and point fingers at their competition, or they say "OK, we're sorry, but at least what we did isn't as horrible as the vile and disgusting things our competitors do every day that nobody complains about."

So juvenile and so transparent. I'm just amazed that as adults, they think such a reaction is mature and appropriate of them as an enterprise.

[JetJaguar]

8. Shepard Smith's slip of the lips

"networks who allow their hosts to utter crude vulgarities to the public"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3t0j4szRf8

[StreetKnowledge]

9. Fox News Acting Stupid and allowing racist messages?

This is the same network whose two flagship political "commentators" went all the way down the "stop the black guy" crap short of calling him a "n----r". They can't apologize for such crap, because it would make BillO and Paranoid Hannity look bad.

Fox News is trash. Nothing more, nothing less.

[orleans]

11. yeah, yeah, yeah, the same reasons they called child molester

mark foley and tea room hustler larry craig dems (by putting a "D" after their names). they just can't face their own stink from their own twisted up republicon party

[PBS Poll-435]

12. Mark Foley (D-FL)

John McCain (D-AZ)

Blow it out of your ass Faux.