FOX & RACISM JUST SEEM TO GO TOGETHER

 

This spelling is wrong.  Should be FAUX NEWS.COM.

 

OK, everyone that has read my columns and blogs for the past seven years knows how I really feel about FOX (so called) NEWS.  Yes, in my book, I have always said that it should only be referred to as FAUX NEWS, and that’s still giving them too much room by continuing to call it "news".

What has now raised its ugly head at FOX has been the latest “FOX-approach” to the recent racial issues that have come about in Ferguson, Missouri, with the killing of the un-armed African American teenager, Michael Brown.

The racial issue I’m referring to was based on a highly questionable interview by the, very white, FOX NEWS commentator, Megyn Kelly, and her interview with the black pastor, Robert White, from the Peace Of Mind Church.



…FOX NEWS, Megyn Kelly

Now, let me first qualify a couple of points.

I use the reference of Ms. Kelly being “very white”, because the racism that was displayed by the FOX interviewer was classic, "white vs black", FAUX NEWS racism.

I would also like to qualify that I am no absolute supporter of the MSNBC host of their Politics Nation show, Rev. Al Sharpton.

However, it was very obvious that Ms. Kelly’s intention for setting up this interview with Pastor White, was just for FOX NEWS to be able to offer a black pastor that would criticize the recent comments and actions of Rev. Sharpton in Ferguson. 

When the Pastor countered Ms. Kelly’s negative statements about Rev. Sharpton by saying that he was on the same page as Rev. Sharpton about the killing of Michael Brown, Ms. Kelly spent the rest of the interview in trying to get the pastor to condemn and demean Rev. Sharpton.  She kept saying things like, “Didn’t you previously say that all Rev. Sharpton wanted was a media photo shot in Ferguson?”  But the pastor continually responded  saying that what he and Rev. Sharpton wanted was for the facts to avail themselves about the Ferguson police officer shooting of an unarmed Mr. Brown.

The classic FOX part of the interview was in watching Ms. Kelley trying to bait the pastor, and then seeing the interview continue to blow up in Ms. Kelly’s face.  What was even more strange was in seeing someone from FOX actually acting as if it was important to actually have the facts of the case.  For someone from FOX NEWS to actually think that having “real facts” was important!!!!  That was the amazing part!

The more that the discussion on the TV continued, the more it became obvious that they had brought Pastor White on to FOX NEWS just for condemning Rev. Al.  It was also obvious that Ms. Kelly's goal was for claiming that Rev. Al was “stoking up racial tension in the country” in light of Michael Brown’s killing.

As I said, I have my own issues regarding Rev. Al Sharpton.  But I do feel he has been very good in helping deal with the potential US police brutality that has seemed to have increased over the past few years.  Not just against America's African Americans, but for poor whites, Hispanics and other minorities in our highly diverse nation.

While watching Ms. Kelly and the pastor, it became obvious that Pastor White was “smarter than the average bear” and had gotten himself on FOX NEWS, just to get his message out on FOX's conservative air waves.

But I must admit, it was great just to see FOX get beat at their own game, while realizing that Pastor White knew exactly what he was doing.

For just this once, Ms. Kelly was completely correct that having all the facts was very important. 

 

Too bad that this was an anomaly for the way Ms. Kelly and FOX NEWS usually operates.

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