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Howard Dean: Fox acted "absolutely racist"

July 25, 2010 2:16 pm ET

From the July 25 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday:

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Previously:

Fox smears Sherrod as racist, Sherrod cancels Fox interview

Doocy's deception: "Fox News Channel" did not touch Sherrod story "until she had actually quit"

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    • Author by cugagcmu805031 (July 25, 2010 2:18 pm ET)
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      Thanks, Dr. Dean. Faux News is guilty as charged.
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      • Author by rdelong23 (July 25, 2010 8:53 pm ET)
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        I could not believe how unprepared Dean was for this segment. He looked and sounded befuddled. I could have have done a better job handling Gingrich and Wallace. C'mon!!!!
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        • Author by tman418 (July 26, 2010 4:58 pm ET)
             
          I agree. He wasn't entirely bad though. I think most of what he said was spot-on. Fox News isn't blameless.
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          • Author by HeeNow (July 26, 2010 10:37 pm ET)
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            Dean proved his absolute ignorance (not for the first time).

            Nothing more, nothing less.

            Find someone else to cling to.
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    • Author by rikntx (July 25, 2010 2:26 pm ET)
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      Black Panther crap. Howard Dean always looks uncomfortable to me when he is on television, but you gotta love him for telling it like it is. Love the end of the clip where you can hear Wallace, "Wait, wait, wait" probably going to try and defend the indefensible.
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      • Author by fairliberal (July 27, 2010 1:39 am ET)
           
        Wrong again , it was actually Gingrich who was speaking and of course the gnats at mmfa edit his comments, they don't want you bots hearing the other side of the story. It is apparent that you prefer the "news organizations" that don't believe that the black panther story is worth covering or acorn. But Sarah Palin's wardrobe, wow, big news, page one, lead story!
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    • Author by Litwiz (July 25, 2010 2:35 pm ET)
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      Look, we've got to do one of two things with FOX: 1.) A complete black-out by Democrats and the Left. Don't go on their shows, don't answer their questions at news conferences. Ignore them. Would Pres. Obama let TMZ in the White House briefing room? No. TMZ is not a "news" organization. Or, 2.) Go on every day and get our message that they are liars--SAY IT ON THEIR AIR--and do it twenty times a day. And we need to support those who repeatedly debunk FOX news' tripe. Maybe we need Gov. Dean or Donna Brazzill (and I probably misspelled her name, forgive me) to have a 1/2 hour show nightly: FIXING FOX!
      A "they-said, we-prove-wrong" format.

      We've either got to starve the beast or feed it what WE want it to eat!
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      • Author by fairliberal (July 27, 2010 1:42 am ET)
           
        "A complete black-out by Democrats and the Left"

        Hilarious, but of couse the spineless Obama administration already tried that, but after a while they came crawling back.

        " Maybe we need Gov. Dean or Donna Brazzill (and I probably misspelled her name, forgive me) to have a 1/2 hour show nightly"

        Thats even funnier, considering how foolish Dean just looked in this clip when he obviously didn't know what he was talking about.
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    • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 25, 2010 2:37 pm ET)
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      I posted on another thread that certain Jewish people need to get out of the racism promotion business....I will say this to go along with that......The ones in the USA Congress who have power,and financial stakes and have been vicious leaders and promoters of this mess from the beginning,and still are.They have high management positions that determine what the republicans will campaign on,and have already started to.The ones who have made many,many appearances on fox news,and republican party media,and at tea parties cheering it on.They kind of in hiding now.Leroy Gingrich looks to benefit from it ...........................
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      • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 25, 2010 2:48 pm ET)
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        And they have disgraced what ever honor congress has with their rotten behavior there.The most hard core racist fighting the civil rights act in the 1960's did not act as rotten as they have.
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        • Author by Litwiz (July 25, 2010 3:31 pm ET)
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          That might be a bit of hyperbole, Alamaba. No one has died because of this. This isn't beatings and hangings. While I detest what happened to a fine woman, she's still alive. I think, from all appearances, she's intelligent and wise enough to let the media learn a hard lesson from this. There is still much work to be done in our country regarding civil rights for all Americans--but again, no one died because of this.
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          • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 25, 2010 3:51 pm ET)
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            I am talking about behavior of USA Congressmen,and their behavior in congress.In that regard what have I said that is hyperbole and untrue about the behavior of Eric Cantor,and John Boehner in congress,on fox news,republican party media,at tea party rallies and their direction of others there? They are big contributors to the situation getting to this point.And they do have a big say so about what the republican congressional campaign will be about.Where you coming from with the beatings and hangings,another discussion.Do not twist my words,because I don't
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            • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 25, 2010 9:26 pm ET)
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              Eric Cantor buys securities that make money if the USA economy does not improve.These securities lose money if the USA economy improves.
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              • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 25, 2010 10:48 pm ET)
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                What would Eric Cantor,and John Boehner say about pep rallies paid for by a few people with a lot of money,attended by black people,white people,hispanic people,asian people.etc.etc that you could clearly see was building fear and hatred against jewish people,and being promoted there if there was even one case of this? So why do they think they get to do this??
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        • Author by fairliberal (July 27, 2010 1:49 am ET)
             
          "The most hard core racist fighting the civil rights act in the 1960's did not act as rotten as they have"

          Robert Byrd sure did, have you fogotten his words...
          I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side ... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds. ”
          — Robert C. Byrd, in a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1944,

          or this gem..."The Klan is needed today as never before, and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia and in every state in the nation.".

          Robert Byrd , the "exalted cyclops" of the KKK, proud democrat.
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      • Author by fairliberal (July 27, 2010 1:45 am ET)
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        "I posted on another thread that certain Jewish people need to get out of the racism promotion business"

        You should include the NAACP and other black leaders in that type of comment, and most of today's democrats.
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        • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 27, 2010 2:34 am ET)
             
          I have no problem making honest additions of black people to that list who promote racism while making a living doing it do you? I will add two for you to start off.Jesse Lee Peters,Thomas Sowell.......I am not sure about adding your name to our list because I am not sure if you make a living doing this.Do you get paid for promoting racism,taking up for and protecting people who clearly do not do the right thing,and tell lies?
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    • Author by fantagor (July 25, 2010 3:47 pm ET)
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      I'm glad Dean had he guts to say what he said. Fox Nonsense must be called out for what it is: propaganda for the Right, which has happily taken to its bosom the element that fled the Democratic Party after the passage of the Civil Rights bill in 1964. Worse than that, the Right isn't even ashamed of that fact. They openly harbor racists then play the role of the injured party when that ugly truth is re-exposed.

      Randy
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      • Author by bluhawk7398 (July 25, 2010 4:52 pm ET)
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        Hate to be a nitpicker but, what racists are openly harboured?, Just curious...surely not Breitbart, since he ranks right about where Dean's word does...
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        • Author by cugagcmu805031 (July 25, 2010 5:04 pm ET)
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          Mark Williams was kicked out of the TEA Party Federation, but not out of Tea Party Nation, and he's made no bones about how he feels about African Americans and Muslims.

          Faux News provides safe harbor for Glenda who called the president a racist without providing one shred of evidence to support his claim.

          I have no problem with someone saying anything, but I do have a problem when they say things and provide no proof that what they said is valid.
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          • Author by fairliberal (July 27, 2010 12:40 am ET)
               
            And the black panthers still have representation on the democratic party's poll watchers in Philadelphia.

            And the NAACP provides safe harbor for Ben Jealous who claimed that Tea Party members were "hiding behind signs the say lynch Obama and lynch Holder". He provided not one shred of evidence to support his claim.

            The democratic party provides safe harbor for lying congressman that claim to be spat upon and were called racist names. Despite the offer of $100,000 for proof cannot provide one shred of proof.

            The White House provides safe harbor for a president who took the side of a black man over a white cop, even after admitting he did not have the facts. Well then what did he base his decision on? Obviously race.
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    • Author by DAWUSS (July 25, 2010 4:20 pm ET)
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      Cut the clip too soon
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    • Author by thundavolt (July 25, 2010 5:42 pm ET)
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      If Dean had all the clips of the things they said about the story on Fox he would have ended this argument. This is how you can tell that they are guilty they could have broken the story that she was fired unjustly, but they ran the story that pushed their agenda which is race based.
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    • Author by jumboburrito (July 25, 2010 8:36 pm ET)
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      Chris Wallace is playing semantics with Governor Dean. Dean is talking about Fox and Wallace is yakking about "Fox News Channel". The Fox opinion programs, which integrate seamlessly with Fox News, certainly were portraying Shirley Sherrod as a racist before she was fired.
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      • Author by rdelong23 (July 25, 2010 8:54 pm ET)
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        Dean was totally unprepared. What's the deal?
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        • Author by jpeagle21 (July 25, 2010 9:30 pm ET)
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          You can't prepare when the facts don't back you up.
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          • Author by Johaely (July 25, 2010 9:56 pm ET)
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            How don't they back him up. Fox and Friends talked (and showed the Breibart clip) about how Shirley Sherrod was a racist, and bakced down form it the next day as it had never hapenned. Bill o'Reiley asked for her resignation and then when she reisgned Hannity still argued that she used her govenment postion to discriminate. And waybeofre all that (on the 19th) Fox Nation and Foxnews.com were calling her a racist based on Breibart's clip.
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            • Author by jpeagle21 (July 26, 2010 8:00 am ET)
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              Tho Obama admin and the NAACP both saw the same clip that Fox and Breitbart did and they decided that she needed to resign. Breitbart didn't have the full video. He didn't edit it. It was sent to him already edited. The NAACP had the full video and still bashed the woman before viewing it. The only time that Fox made reference to the video BEFORE she resigned was a small write-up on Fox Nation web site. So who has pie on their face here?
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              • Author by bintx (July 26, 2010 9:37 am ET)
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                Obama knew nothing of this entire incident until it was a done deal, jpeagle. Vilsack made his decision based upon the zero tolerance policy of the USDA which was enacted as a result of MULTIPLE, very expensive discrimination lawsuits against the USDA. He would have still been within his rights to have NOT taken back his request for her resignation, based upon that policy.

                The NAACP? They blew it.

                Oh, and that "small write-up" on both the Fox News website and Fox Nation contained the video. It was scrubbed quickly after the brouhaha which followed, but the second Fox News website article continued to refer to the original report [which included the clip.] This was just another example of Fox creating "news."

                So, who has the pie on his face now, jpeagle? I'm thinking that it is you for believing the non-conservative BS that is being shoved down your throat by Fox. I hope that Breitbart is sued . . . the documentation which will be produced in such a lawsuit will be quite interesting.
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                • Author by fairliberal (July 27, 2010 1:09 am ET)
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                  "Obama knew nothing of this entire incident until it was a done deal, jpeagle"

                  Yeah this must be Bush's fault too. If it isn't Bush's fault it is racism, that is all you lib bots have.

                  To quote the words of Mary Frances Berry...."Tainting the tea party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There is no evidence that tea party adherents are any more racist than other Republicans, and indeed many other Americans. But getting them to spend their time purging their ranks and having candidates distance themselves should help Democrats win in November. Having one’s opponent rebut charges of racism is far better than discussing joblessness "
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                  • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 27, 2010 2:43 am ET)
                       
                    How do you post here while using your computer with yur eyes closed.What you claim you have not seen is there if you push a few buttons.Is it something simple like you are just a big liar.If you care to discuss points of what I have posted,we can have a reasonable discussion.Other wise put your cheerleader uniform on and go behind the bleechers or behind the lockers so the team can _uck your brain some more.
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                  • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 27, 2010 11:38 am ET)
                       
                    " There is no evdence that tea party adherents are any anymore racist than other Republicans."........Duh!!!We have never disputed the the fact that the racism levels were about equal............The problem is what that level is,and the deliberate attempts to take that racism to a much higer level.
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      • Author by fairliberal (July 27, 2010 1:05 am ET)
           
        "The Fox opinion programs, which integrate seamlessly with Fox News, certainly were portraying Shirley Sherrod as a racist before she was fired"

        That is pure garbage , why not provide some evidence of what you say.

        You fit right in here, you make up the "facts " as you please.

        But I'll wait for your proof.
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    • Author by mookie von zipper (July 25, 2010 10:37 pm ET)
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      life in post-racial america, ain't it sweet?... keep up the great work, dems and mmfa... cry racism repeatedly, straight out of the journolist playbook... if "hope" and "change" can win you the white house, "racism" could be a sound strategy for the mid-terms...

      [http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt314/rich_rdoj/andrew-breitbart.jpg]

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      • Author by MiniTru (July 26, 2010 7:54 am ET)
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        "racism" could be a sound strategy for the mid-terms...
        And that's exactly what the GOP is doing. Good luck with that, it should bury them forever.
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        • Author by mookie von zipper (July 27, 2010 2:45 pm ET)
             
          racism is not a strategy for the gop... they may not be offering up any real solutions, but it's the dems crying racism at every turn that is certainly a recipe for defeat...

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      • Author by bintx (July 26, 2010 9:38 am ET)
           
        The folks who have been beating the steady drumbeat of "racism," are the faux conservative voices on Fox/hate talk radio, Mookie.
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        • Author by mookie von zipper (July 27, 2010 2:43 pm ET)
             
          i can only assume you mean the likes of beck and limbaugh, who have actually called obama a racist, for reasons valid or not, at least they've made their case... as opposed to the left who scream racism at every turn for no reason, and who don't have the guts or intelligence to discuss race honestly...

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      • Author by pilotx (July 26, 2010 10:53 pm ET)
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        You have no clue of what racism is Mr. the confederate flag is just southern culture.
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        • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 27, 2010 12:45 am ET)
             
          Mookie stuck in the zipper head,young know nothing wannabe whose realtives refused to teach him the truth.He thinks atlas shrugged about some one on Wall Street who rebelled is an inspiration and part of southern culture.I believe whoever that atlas was who shrugged would be considered a yankee in southern culture.Maybe if Mr.Atlas worked at Wal-Mart he may be a more believable inspiration
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          • Author by mookie von zipper (July 27, 2010 3:19 pm ET)
               
            pilotx is referring to another post where i must have referenced the confederate flag... but i must admit, as for your comment, i don't know what in the hell you're talking about...

            "stuck in the zipper head", really bolsters your point...

            "young know nothing" is aged 50...

            "wannabe", wannabe what?...

            "atlas shrugged" is inspiring but hardly southern culture... "whoever that atlas was who shrugged would be considered a yankee in southern culture", for someone who has "alabam" in their screen name i suspect you know little of southern culture... even if you live in alabama you come off as someone who's understanding of southern culture might be relegated to limited viewings of hee-haw or the dukes of hazzard...

            "maybe if mr.atlas worked at wal-mart he may be a more believable inspiration", nope, southern culture ain't your bag, definitely...

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        • Author by mookie von zipper (July 27, 2010 2:53 pm ET)
             
          you have no clue of what southern culture is "mr i'm too emotional to realize slavery was first practiced under the stars and stripes"...

          if you wanna tag the stars and bars as nothing more than a white supremacy flag, think about the native american holocaust the next time you see the stars and stripes...

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          • Author by pilotx (July 27, 2010 11:40 pm ET)
               
            Sure I realize that also as I have Indigenous blood. Difference is the confederate flag was used to instill fear and symbolized antagonism towards people of color. Many people of color, including my Indigenous sisters and brothers, have embraced the American flag. The confederate flag to us is like the nazi flag to people of Jewish descent. We can debate and discuss history all you want but bottom line is the confederate flag is a symbol of oppression to people of color. Nice deflection though.
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    • Author by vonbargen9388 (July 26, 2010 4:04 pm ET)
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      Fox is splitting hairs by pressing the fact that they didn't cover the story on Fox News Channel (i.e. ON TELEVISION) before she got fired. They are deliberately avoiding mention of the appearance of it on at least two Fox affiliated websites. The administration acted so fast, Fox didn't have a chance to get it on tv.
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    • Author by fairliberal (July 26, 2010 11:57 pm ET)
         
      Wallace made Dean look like the idiot liar he really is. As Wallace said facts are inconvenient to Dean.
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    • Author by johnbrown (July 27, 2010 10:32 pm ET)
         
      Good for Howard Dean and Keith Olberman for calling Fox News for what they are:racist.They and that dirtbag Breitbart are the ones who started this looking for anything to damage the Obama Administration and picked on this poor woman with a doctored tape.It is time for the mainstream media to stop being so scared of Fox News and call their reporting for what it is-biased.What I find sickening is the few so called moderates on that network should even be called that.Alan Colmes,Morton Kondracke,and especially Mara Liasson being referred to as Fox's fair and balanced is a joke. How she keeps a job at NPR is beyond me.Sometimes I think all Fox News wants is a repeat of 9-11 so we'd all fall obediantly in line with a far right wing president like Dubya-Fox News version of the good old days.John Gibson(remember him?) pretty much wished that.
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