MSNBC Notes Hypocrisy Of Fox's Attack On Rapper Common
May 11, 2011 11:52 pm ET by Media Matters staff
Tonight, MSNBC's Cenk Uygur reported on the freak-out by the right-wing media, including Fox News, about the White House's invitation to rapper Common for a poetry event.
Uygur noted that Fox's attacks are hypocritical in light of the fact that the network had sung a much different tune about Common roughly half-a-year ago.
"It's funny how quickly Fox forgets things," Uygur said. "As Media Matters points out, just in October, Fox interviewed Common, praising him as a 'very positive' and 'conscious rapper.' "
Watch:
The interview between reporter Jason Robinson and Common that was posted on FoxNews.com can be seen here.
That is the Game Fox News is Playing Yo.
Common is about Hope & Social Justice, what Fox News calls Communism.
From the Streets of Chicago to The White-House, you got to admire his Optimism.
Speak truth to power.
Mr. News
The free lance reporting on Common six months ago was a total non sequitur, and blatantly dishonest. Cenk Uygur followed Media Matters dishonest lead. The next day MMfA hails Cenk Uygur like it's Monday on ESPN SportsCenter doing the highlights from the day before. That's how the typical cycle works- "Look, Cenk Uygur is recognizing our work....#Winning!".
Tediously boring. And so typical. Bottom line, it's still dishonest.
Now don't go construing that to mean I think you shouldn't be here. In fact, I feel quite the opposite. There are so few of you critics who bother to come here and express themselves anymore. Seriously, despite all the abuse you endure from the least civil among us, I still find your ongoing willingness to engage people here commendable. I just doubt your honesty when you say you find this site to be "boring" and "typical."
The abuse means nothing to me. I get far more out of a post by someone like pearlene explaining racial issues than I do someone who sits there and spews race-baiting epithets to get his point across.
But what I meant about boring and tedious was the cycle of posting a story here, then MSNBC using it on their shows, then the post again here the next day pointing to the fact MSNBC used them on their show, patting each other on the back. Is supposed to be a rarity that MSNBC and Media Matters are on the same page politically? This blog post is like "Newsflash: MSNBC agrees with MMfA that Fox isn't fair and balanced!!"
That's what I meant was tedious and boring, actually.
Obsession much, dude?
You're a creepy stalker, congero.
Try to get some help, ok?
It only feeds on itself.
It's a sickness.
You really do need some assistance and I hope you have access to a good doctor.
Bad timing for Obama to have him in the White House? Tin ear? An oversight they wish they'd been a little more careful for? A combination of all three? Who knows, but somewhere in between blowing out of proportion on one side and worthy of discussion out of respect for those who are truly offended on he other is where the actuality is.
The point about Cenk Uygur is not necessarily that he's a nobody in a notoriously bad time slot for MSNBC that barely draws an audience, it's that MMfA is dishonest in their portrayal of the fluff piece Jason Robinson did on Common. It's no surprise Cenk Uygur needs MMfA look to for material, and it's no wonder MMfA gives him the high five the next morning for the plug.
That's how it works, bintxie.
As I said, you're just one of the 2-3 million dumba**es who watch Fox and believe they are being given news instead of worthless propaganda.
Get a clue, hoosier. You're being used by these folks and they have NO respect for you at all. They think you're as stupid as the 305 million Americans who DON'T watch Fox think you are.
You're an intelligent individual, but you are the LAST person on here that should be admonishing someone else for being a lackey sycophant doing the bidding of their masters.
What's your explanation for the NJ state troopers' disgust with this invite to the White House? Are they all racist opportunists just following Fox's lead, being led by the nose?
Your posts are, most usually, simply repetition of the false information which is posted on Fox. I post here because, as a conservative, I'm SICK of the false face of conservatism that the folks on Fox and hate talk radio present to the world. Your support of these faux conservative jackasses would seem to lead the average person to believe that you aren't really a conservative at all. I'm being very serious when I say you need to read this book. I know, I know, you'll think it's leftist claptrap, but it's not. It's based on years of research by many different people. What we're seeing posing as conservatism today is authoritarianism. I think that there is also some left-wing authoritarianism in play, too. The people who hang on Michael Moore's every word come to mind. Seriously, read the book and it will show you where I'm coming from.
I hate the way the left plays the game, bintx. I have no respect for the John Dean's, David Brock's, Arianna Huffington's, Meghan McCain's and Kathleen Parker's who become enamored with their new-found celebrity status by renouncing the way they used to be and then sloughing it off as having been brain-washed or, to quote "Oh, I don't know, self-loathing, maybe?..... I wasn't confident enough myself...to come out.". None, bintx. I honestly don't know what it is you find comforting about this place that you choose it to show your bonafides.
Without fail, when you guys start a sentence with "So", the next words will always be completely distorted. You kept the string alive.
Wow how dishonest of you. You are completly deaf and tuned out to what people have been saying to you to repeat that line. You want an explanation go back to the thread you are running from today and look at the many post explaining it to you. You run to this thread to repeat the lies no one was buying yesterday and Jon Stewart destroyed in the video posted here at MMFA.
Please stop stalking me, or find something else more healthy for you to obsess over.
Have you tried walking?
Or maybe get a puppy.
What a pathetic and sad person you are. It's no wonder you visit bircher/birther/racist websites for your info. Jim Hoft/Council of Conservative Citizens,DiversitySucks and where they roam you will find the anti-civil rights group now making a comeback among the Randinistas in the Republican party, The John Birch Society. Look at how your rants resemble what is found on those sites yet you still deny visiting wehateAmerica but your thoughts are reflected there almost verbatim. Back to your takedown:
Jon Stewart On Fox's Fake "Common" Controversy: "It's Almost Impossible To Express How Ridiculous...You All Are"
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For those interested in following hoosiers tired arguments that he is foolishly recycling today:
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Dude, give it a rest.
Please, cease and desist.
Solution: we both knock it off.
Deal?
In short you are just a creep and when you stop posting creepy stuff then I will stop.
Deal?
Comment on the topics, not come in here day after to day to make personal attacks.
Otherwise it makes it obvious you're just lonely and looking for someone who will respond to you. You know that if you just say "Fox sux" or "Fox is racist" or "This is all about the Southern Strategy" or "That's just a dog-whistle, we know what they really mean" that no one will care and just go on ignoring you. So you seek out someone to stalk to see if they'll respond to you.
Sad, pathetic, angry and lonely little man.
That is just hilarious and very revealing as to your mind set. Everytime you post you show more and more of yourself and for someone who pretends that I am stalking them you sure keep responding to me.
Argumentum ad Populum
argumentum ad verecundium
You're o and 2 here, Hoser, and here comes the pitch.
False equivalence.
Steeeeeeeee-rike three ! Go ride the pine, hoser. Three boners of that magnitude on one short thread is a big whiff, even by wingnut standards.
To me, it's little more than MMfA trying to justify their dishonesty by noting that MSNBC bought their line, but really, is Cenk Uygur's endorsement the kind of plug they should be touting.
With the troopers, that's not an appeal to their authority, but an appeal to their sympathies. If you want to admonish me for an appeal to the sympathies of troopers during the week they're honoring their fallen brethren, go right ahead, but it will be a rarity indeed that a liberal will have admonished me for that style of argument and by calling it false.
The third one you listed isn't a false equivalence.
the best part is that people like sean hannity are so stupid that they read through one quote and paint him as a cop killer and dont take the time to realize that the song is from a separate point of view from the author, and he ties it up at the end saying if more people were conscious about the world around them, things like "cop killing" wouldnt happen.
and im giving fox the benefit of the doubt of being stupid here and not reading or comprehending the whole song. in reality they probably very well knew exactly what the song was about but hey, it was a good opportunity to attack the president right?
and on the other hand call him a thug wannabe cop killer when he gets invited by obama to the white house is in no way dishonesty, it doesnt matter if it was a non sequitur. are they not responsible for what does and does not get shown on their show?
Sometimes I'm not sure if the wingnuts are trying to fool normal people, or if they've actually tricked themselves.
Hoser never pointed out any dishonesty. He made a vapid Ratings Queen comment at the top of the thread, and is desperately trying to recover by referring to some imaginary things he did, like pointing out dishonesty.
I see this a lot with the zombies, they just keep repeating something that they've convinced themselves happened, and they expect sane people to accept their bizarre fantasy.
It's totally dishonest to pass off that fluff piece done by an obscure freelance reporter for Fox on an obscure segment that typically interviews up and coming artists like, Common and David Archuletta, and pass it off as a complete endorsement by everyone at Fox News. To say that fluff piece debunks their criticism of Common's lyrics now that it's come to light because of his invite, is pure hogwash. It's a lie, actually. But MMfA ran with it, from a kid who has even less experience as a journalist than Jason Robinson does at Fox. So what's next, yep, Cenk Uygur picks it up from MMfA and runs with the MMfA narrrative. What's next? Yep, the next morning MMfA goes 'hey, look what Cenk Uygur said'....confirmation! #winning!'
You have every right to be disgusted at the way Fox News runs their organization, but you're as blind as can be if you don't see the way MMfA engages in its sabotage strategy of Fox and conservatives simply expressing their opinions and think it's pure as the driven snow.
Please stop.
It would be . Nobody did that. That's where you're either confused, or completely full of sh*t.
This is what we're talking about. You've decided that something is "dishonest", but that perception is based entirely on your own dishonesty ( or confusion).
Ashley Dupre, Andy.
That's pretty much his resume. That's pretty much what he does. If you look up those 2 minute segments he's done on FoxNews.com.....again, Andy, that's FoxNews.com, and on his segment in the Entertainment section of their website called "The Hot Zone" and get a flavor for his interview style, you'll notice that he never brings up any controvery in any kind of offensive-style way, as most reporters would. His questions are like the one MMfA is somewhow portraying as having debunking all subsequent criticism of Common, as in 'your music is very positive, and you're known as ("you're known as", Andy) 'The Conscious Rapper.'" If you watch his interview with Ashley Dupre, it's very similar. If Ashley Depre was asked to appear at the White House and Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly and many others at Fox expressed outrage at that move, Eric Hananoki could do the same dishonest thing he's doing here and show a clip of Jason Robinson's interview with her and claim that debunks their criticsim of her now.
It's just a sleazy move by a dishonest cub MMfA Research Fellow, and that's what they're trained to do there.
Since when is a news organization supposed to all come down in unison against another entertainment reporter's opinions of someone that might be controversial in the entertainment industry that might have a very good side and some very negative elements as well in order not to look hypocritical in the future if that entertainer is invited to the White House. Being invited to the White House is a little more high profile than being featured on an entertainment segment for your news org's website, you know.
No doubt, Andy, this was dishonest rand shameful eporting.