Accompanying members of MoveOn.org and ColorOfChange.org, Nas hits the street in a protest against Fox News networks today at 2pm in Manhattan at Fox' headquarters. The protest is demanding that Fox News "ends its pattern of racist attacks against Black Americans including presidential candidate Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.”
The group states that on-air references of Michelle Obama as “Obama’s baby mama,” a commentator confusing “Obama” with “Osama” and joking about both being assassinated, and the Barack-Michelle fist bump being referred to as a “terrorist fist jab.", are demeaning and racist.
The director of ColorOfChange.org, James Rucker, feels FOX’s treatment of the Obama's points to a far bigger issue.“When FOX talks about lynching the woman who may soon be our First Lady and then refers to this wife and mother as a ‘baby mama,’ they are maligning not only the Obamas, but Black women and Black people across this country,” Rucker explains. “We have over 600,000 signatures-more than half a million people, saying we won’t stand for FOX’s racism and hate-mongering.”
As far as Nas joining the protest, he kept it brief by saying, “FOX poisons the country with racist propaganda and tries to call it news.”
In other news…
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^^Co-signed... Nas keeps it real...
yo were can i go to sign that petition??? some let me kno
check the website colorofchange.com home slice
good looking i am going to sign it too
Fa sho how do i sign this shit needs to stop!!
Where are the niggas that said Nas never did anything??
i like what nas is doing. its time for hip hop to rage against the machine so to speak. rappers have a whole lot of influence over todays youth and they could lead on the path of good or down the word of destruction. looks like nas is tryin to lead people in a positive direction. keep doin that shit nas. we need more Malcolms, Huey P's, and H. Raps in our community.
this article is madd funny, but Nas aint gonna change shet, if anyone is gonna change fox its gonna be Obama, i think he fails to see that white people do not view him as anyone significant or important, hes juss anotha nigger to them
foxattacks.com all the videos there
“FOX poisons the country with racist propaganda and tries to call it news.”
true. they dont have to say Obama baby mama and all that racist shit.
Nas speaks the truth and he stand up for whats right.
fox aint a news agency, its the propaganda machine for the republican party and the clan. fuck fox news, especially bill o'reilly's bitch ass. bunca fuckin nazi's
^^^word...they got these videos on youtube showin those comments in tha article....
im tired of all these white muthafuckas with all this racist bullshit...but i get in trouble 4 sayin im a real nigga...suck my dick amerikkka...VOTE OBAMA
Racisms played the fuck out why the fuck cant people chill n realize were all the same fucking thing...HUMAN
that wont ever happen if the devil can go from an angel to evil there is no way the world can ever be peaceful there was never peace on earth
IS never peace on earth
So true
alright i dont mean to get all poetic like infinite over here but yeah fox has been the leader in reactionary conservative ignorant opinions for decades now. im glad this is finally being shown to the public. hey maybe we can lynch sean hannity and bill o'riely then tell jokes about it on their own network.
CoSign Wiit Urry Bodii In HereAlso WhereCAn I Get APetition As well Yall Noe ???
caps^^^ conservative opinions are automatically ignorant cause they aren't yours?? i bet you one of them niggas on youtube who are asked to name obamas senate accomplishments and cant name one fuckin thing hah quit actin like you know what you tlkin about
ok so calling obama's wife and mother of his child his baby's mama isnt ignorant? and i never said conservative opinions are ignorant did i? i was talking about the opinions of the fox news network on a general level because they're one of few networks who would be so blatantly ignorant just to prove a point. oh and by the way i dont give a fuck who wins the presidency im 19 and not registered to vote because the electorate took away the voice of these people long ago. if you wanna list some of obamas senate accomplishments though feel free to cause i'll feel free not to give a fuck.
fuck fox
go get em nas
dat nigga pull a kanye west move, i doubt fox news is gone react to this, but keep doin you thing nasty nas
im sick of this bullshit yo im moving to australia get me big ass house on a hill, australian bitch wit a phat ass, and a pet kangaroo and a llama and i'll be straight lol
nas is a real ass nigga.. he was just talkin about how fox does these kinds of things.. then proves it with his own album, and now this...
fuck ah fox with all tht b.s
NBC/MSNBC News>>>>>>>>>>>Fox News
nigga like u watch the news...
yo ima say this. everyone shud just say fuck t.v. get your lazy ass off dat couch and lets get this movement poppin.
to be honest i watch 2 hours of t.v. a day i cant stand the news. fuck fox. i watch comendy central and adult swim dats about it. t.v.= brainwash/racism/dome reality which has no reality/ watch animal planet. FUCK FOX NAS u dat guy
Listen have you ever watched the Keith Oberman show? Well that shit goes hard at Bill O’Reilly & all the Fox Tv staff that talk side ways. CNN holds us down to, from time to time.
Do me a favor, turn Fox & Cnn at the same time & flip back forth you’ll see the difference
Good idea, but waste of time. Nothing will come of this. Those bastards will never change.
EVERY BLACK MAN AND WOMAN WHO HAS READ THIS ARTICLE PLEASE GO TO THAT SITE TO SIGN THE PETITION AND PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD BECAUSE THIS ISSUE NEEDS ALL OF OUR SUPPORT
LETS STAND UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAH NAS IS DOING BIG THINGS THEY SHOULD HAVE LET HIM CALL THE ALBLUM NIGGA ( SO NOW HE GOING TO SHOW HIM WHAT A NIGGA CAN REALLY DO ) AND FOX IS REALLY RACIST LIKE WHEN SOMEONE CALL IN AND CALL T. OWENS A NIGGA ON LIVE TV AND WHEN ITS TAPED WIT A DELAY.. BLACK ARE ON THE WAY UP
MY BAD SHOW THEM
Nas is doing it big right now. Lets hope they stomp those sly foxes.
I don't get it. How about protesting Viacom? They took away all the informative and positive aspects of BET and created the new school "Blaxploitation," in the form of reality TV laced with the most ignorant of Blacks. In otherwords, they fired Tavis Smiley and hired Flavor Flav. They are on a whole different level. You guys keep jumping on the anti Fox bandwagon when they are no more racist in there depiction of us than any other, just because NaS says it. Ignorant Fucks. Look around you. Fox isn't anti black, possibly anti Obama, but that is a political issue, not one of race.
I agree, although I do think O'Reilly can really push his views on minorites overboard to the point where it can be interpreted as racist. I dont think saying "Obama's Baby Momma" is racist though, thats kinda funny lol
wow what a waste of time. what if their not racist and all thoes people r just idiots..........fuck bill oreilly tho
I still cant get over Lil wayne doin a mil the first week and Nas not being close. Fuck Hiphop sales.
its cuz white ppl buy albums... and lately Nas does nothing but relate to black ppl... eventhough he usually relates to all races
FOX NEWS BRAINWASH PEOPLE JUST LIKE THESE FUCKING WATERDOWN/OVERRATED RAPPERS THATS IN THE SPOTLIGHT RIGHT NOW.BUT KEEP DOING YOUR THING NASTY NAS I SUPPORT YOU 100%
AND FUCK RECORD SALES THAT SHIT DOESNT MATTER ANYMORE....RECORD SALES DOESNT MEAN YOU HAVE A HOT ALBUM MUSIC WISE...THE REAL HIPHOP FANS KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE LIKE NAS AND SOMEONE LIKE LIL WAYNE,SOULJABOY,PILES,WILLIAM ROBERTS..EXC
NASTY NAS=THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE
Everybody knows dat Fox-News is in the republicans pocket!
Change the station!
NAS is a shining example of what a black man in America should be. Props to NAS for having the courage and principles to stand against racism. More rappers should stand for something other than cars, clothes, and hoes. We as a people would be in much better shape if they did!!!!!
thats whats up. i'll sign. everyone who agrees should sign. :)
this is definitely some bull shit. i don't support obama (or mccain for that matter), you cannot chose racism and bigotry as a way to criticize people. bill o'reilly is on fsn too, and he is nothing but a racist bitch.
and n-word you say fox-news is in the republicans pocket, well cnn is the democrats pocket as well. both news stations are one sided and very opinionated to their parties views.
No shit Homie
I agree but Msnbc is in the democrats pocket
CNN is actually pretty balanced
“FOX poisons the country with racist propaganda and tries to call it news.”
Gotta love Nas and his short comments that just shit on people, Hah that shits great.
They always.... Fuck it I wont waist my time on racist cracker honkey fucks
I believe they call that a paradox
Oh wait I think its hypocrisy, yeah that's it.
I was at the rally today! Great work by NaS! Great work by colorofchange.org! Heads came out for this one today and it was beautiful to see NaS follow up on a tremendous album! And I GOT TO SPEAK TO THE MAN HIMSELF FOR A GOOD TWO TO THREE MINUTES!
I Just Sighn It "We Gotta Stop This"
Dude this is some craziness, this stuff happens on Fox News all the time. I glad Nas is helping the cause. I feel both good and bad for Obama, cause if he gets elected it will be the first black man, but I really believe he'll be assasinated. And it will be an unsolved mystery.
hmmmm, i dont watch the news (workin too much!) but if fox newscasters were really sayin that shit, on a NATIONAL "UNBIASED" NEWS PROGRAM, then thats just all bad...real shit, white ppl need to get past this racist shit! yall ruining it for the unracist "crackers" like myself to actually gain respect with this needlessness...fox news, u supposed to serve ALL people and give us the issues of the world we ALL live in! i wonder wat fuckin excuse fox news is gonna come up with to defend this shit! how u gonna treat a presidential candidate like this when he hasnt done coke in the past (Bush), isnt unfaithful to his wife (Clinton) and has done nuthin to deserve this bullshit, besides being successful and looking out for ALL ppl? haters everywhere today! fuck the news...
that sly fox track is on point and nas is spitting the truth. yellow journalism like shit when it comes to fox news... they cant be saying shit like that on nat'l tv and expect no protest about it
Go head Esco!!, Nas is really starting to do more for his people, other than lyrical knowledge and messages. Hope other rappers/mcs/djs/artist help stand for something. Game where you at? this is somethin' you cant sleep on.
I aint know why the fuck he made that track. Im glad I know now. Gotta listen to that track again.
Funny, I remember back in 2004 when he won the Illinois Senate, Michelle HERSELF introduced Obama as her "baby's daddy" before he came up to speak. Fox News just requotes this to make you think that they said it, for publicity.
Get your facts straight before you start believing that every Republican/conservative is evil. And it wouldn't hurt to read your history about the GOP's relationship with Blacks.
Oh, and btw, I'm not Republican: I'm Libertarian. Rupert Murdoch laughs at his so-called opposition...
It's good to see there are a few people who have there own opinion and actually know what they are talking about before jumping on bandwagons. Good ish Green Wings. Fox all of a sudden is the evil network when in actuality, they are no more biased than any of the others. They just aren't aligned with those who Nas supports.
gotta say, i actually can't believe some of the shit thats bein typed on this. a lot of ppl seem to think the way to combat fox news racism is to talk about "white mutha fuckers" and "devils". how is that supposed to change peoples minds??? it shudnt even be an issue of black ppl standin against racism, it shud be that all ppl stand against it becuz its wrong, not just for the people who it directly affects.
As for those of you who think that only black people listen to Nas, wtf? im a white dude from northern ireland and i listen to Nas and reckon he's the greatest of all time so get your heads out of your asses.
peace.