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Obama-Baiting: Fox News' 5 Worst Slurs

Fox News has been accused of being a house organ of the Republican party, though that's not entirely accurate. It follows the mostly conservative "what can you do for ME" ideology of its owner, Rupert Murdoch, with a bit of the faux-populist anti-elite Nixonian media strategy of Roger Ailes, its initial guiding force. But lately, cracks and strains have become evident. The network doesn't particularly like John McCain, the Republican nominee. And Rupert Murdoch seems to have developed a little crush on Barack Obama, the Democrat. But the network's airheaded personalities just aren't comfortable embracing the black guy with the funny name. The cognitive dissonance leads, over and over again, to terribly offensive slurs followed by half-hearted apologies. Let us examine the worst of their crimes! More »

11:05 AM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Pareene
16,687 views, 92 comments

Latest by sanamahorse: If daps are the new terrorist hand signal, they'd better send some FBI to San Diego. more »

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Obama's Jewish Problem

So. Obama has a bit of a problem with the Jews. Some suspect he doesn't support Israel. Or support it enough. Some suspect he might have sympathies for certain antisemitic Black leaders. Some are worried that he will make Mahmoud Ahmadinejad his Vice President. And basically, the Jews who think these things think them because Obama's black. Is that unfair? Yes. To everyone. But seriously, the man has never said a discouraging word about Israel and his demeanor and political style is notable in its opposition to older, more radical Black leaders. Still. Jews are paranoid people! And it doesn't help that they're all being encouraged to be scared of Obama. More »

5:20 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Pareene
4,677 views, 111 comments

Latest by it takes a lot to laugh: @Mike_Jahn: Despite their history, the Irish aren't trying to force the British-settled Protestants out of Ireland, nor stealing their land and water rights, building walls, building native-Irish-only roads that cut off their communities and access to markets, etc. more »

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Old White People Vote for Old White Person

The problem with exit poll data that shows that Clinton voters won't back Obama in November (or vice versa) is that the voters are being polled seconds after voting for someone some pollster tells them is a loser. So it should always be taken with a grain of salt. Except in West Virginia, obviously, where we're pretty sure everyone willing to vote for Obama did so yesterday. More »

11:11 AM on Wed May 14 2008
By Pareene
2,077 views, 35 comments

Everything In This Election Is Still Up For Debate Team Hillary must be working overtime to also start this discussion on Amazon.

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Black People Smile Like This

When Vogue put LeBron James on the cover it was innovative: a black man on the cover of a magazine aimed at rich, white women? Anna Wintour's still got it. But now, the fallout. Didn't LeBron James sort of look like King-Kong? And why does that pretty white girl looked so scared? Oh no, racial stereotypes being reinforced on the cover of Vogue, a place normally dedicated to reinforcing an unattainable ideal of beauty. And it gets worse: James's mouth was agape, just like Jennifer Hudson's was on the March cover. Controversy! More »

12:15 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By rebecca
8,063 views, 42 comments

Latest by IamnotStarJones: what no O magazine covers? isn't she still a black people? more »

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Bronx School Just Like 'Dangerous Minds' But With a Lubavitcher

A Lubavitch Hasid with ROTC training—principal of a nearly all-black and Hispanic Bronx junior High? It's so crazy it just might work. And, according to the New York Times, it has! Shimon Waronker has been the principal of JHS 22 in the South Bronx since 2004, and the formerly dangerous and failing school has seen something of a revival, with students suddenly attending class and injuring each other with slightly less frequency. And all Waronker had to do was fire half the staff and run his school with occasionally illegal efficiency (the fact that public schools do not have the authority to send children home for not wearing uniforms has not deterred him). He won over his critics, including one mother, who, upon learning of the hire, asked herself: "Wow, we're going to have a Jewish person, what's going to happen? Are the kids going to have to pay for lunch?" New York's racial tensions are always good for a laugh! Of course, the school is still "one of 32 in the city that the state lists as failing and at risk of closing," but if it worked for Gabe Kotter, it'll work here. [NYT]

10:06 AM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Pareene
1,201 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: @iplaudius: My mom worked in that school for a decade and a half and saw everything that went on there... Yes, it is still in the shitter. more »