Greetings all. We just had a wonderful two+ weeks at the Oregon coast, where the weather was magnificent, and the ocean blue and green and relatively calm. We also had a chance to take a scenic train ride, and to visit our nephew stationed for the summer in Fort Lewis before he deploys to Fort Benning, in preparation for...somewhere not here.
Upon our return home from our trip, I received an email from a local friend, not quite "here in our little town of Anatevka," berating fox network for its smears and borderline threats against Obama. fox gets only small letters for having such little integrity in its alleged "fair and balanced" reporting and its frankly racist and dangerous editorializing. I think that one function of this blog is to share other people's and other organizations' legitimate irritation with some of the garbage perpetrated on air. I've signed the petition whose link is included, and I include the email and the link in today's blog.
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Here's Marguerite's forwarding of the email and petition:
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Hi,
FOX's smears against Obama are out of control--have you heard about them? I just signed a petition telling FOX that their use of racism and prejudice is not okay. Would be great if you signed too.
First, a paid FOX commentator accidentally confused "Obama" with "Osama" and then joked on the air about killing Obama. Next, a FOX anchor said a playful fist pound by Barack and Michelle Obama could be a "terrorist fist jab." (Seriously!) And then, FOX called Michelle Obama "Obama's baby mama"--slang used to describe the unmarried mother of a man's child.
Nearly 100,000 folks have signed a petition that will be delivered to FOX. Can you sign too? The more names, the bigger the impact. Here's the link.
http://pol.moveon.org/stopthesmears/?r_by=13009-7676660-Rm8jjyx&rc=confemail Thanks!
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