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Hogwash and Vilificaton

Feeling several days behind the "national conversation on race" that the media has been conducting, as I am working on a performance about race issues in America , so I will post the latest and what I think are the more interesting articles and editorials on the Shirley Sherrod smearing/firing/apologizing. But first, the video of Roger Spooner - the farmers at the center of Sherrod's NAACP speech:



Also worth a look - Melissa Harris Lacewell on MSNBC framing the story as the "vilification of black women for sport and political gain."

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From Eugene Robinson in this mornings Washington Post:

After the Shirley Sherrod episode, there's no longer any need to mince words: A cynical right-wing propaganda machine is peddling the poisonous fiction that when African Americans or other minorities reach positions of power, they seek some kind of revenge against whites.

Willie Nelson weighs in on The Huffington Post about Sherrod's advocacy for family farming, as does Andy Borowitz with his headline:

USDA Offers Sherrod Authority Over Farmville

And finally, Rachel Maddow's report on the flip-flopping of Fox News on the Sherrod story:

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All Black Panthers, All the Time

From Media Matters: Six Fox News shows have discussed the phony New Black Panthers scandal during a total of 95 segments since Megyn Kelly's June 30 interview hyping the unsubstantiated allegations of right-wing activist J. Christian Adams. In all, these Fox shows have devoted more than eight hours of airtime to discussing the New Black Panthers.
Dave Wiegel, guest-blogging at The Alantic's The Daily Dish sums it up:

This isn't journalism. No one cares what the NBPP thinks about anything. This is minstrelsy, with a fringe moron set up like a bowling pin for Hannity to knock down. And that's the role the NBPP plays on Fox, frequently.

As Fox pits black commentator against black commentator, with blonde Megyn Kelly in between, it's worth a look back at Jon Stewart's view of Ms. Kelly.

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Of Dumb Blondes and Perception

It's not about policy, it's not about what's actually happening, it's all about perception and optics. So, if that is the case, my "perception" of Gretchen Carlson is that she's not very bright.



Of course, Jon Stewart schooled us about Ms. Carlson and reminded us she is just ACTING like she's not very bright:

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