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I didn't know Jesse Jackson, the CBC, or the Asylum were members of the media. I should get a byline for my work.

And last I checked, the Daily Show was a comedy.

You're missing the point though. I wasn't trying to argue in any way for how the media should handle a situation like this. I was merely pointing out that the media handles them differently depending on *who* is involved.

I agree completely that the correct course of action is to admit that the words you used came out in a way you didn't intend, and then clarify what you *meant*. In Kerry's case, this would include clarifying that the statement referred to Bush, not to soldiers serving in Iraq. In Biden's case, this means clarifying that he was speaking of Obama in general, not specifically as a "black man", much less implying that his qualifications were somehow specifically lacking among black males.


The point isn't just about how the media reacts to situations like this, but *why* they react in a given manner, and to what degree they follow a story or drop it after a brief period of time. As has already been pointed out in this thread, past Republican politicians have been skewered for making statements far less directly offensive/derisive of a minority group. And those statements *never* left them politically. The media never dropped the issue, even months later.

It's too early to tell, but will be interesting to see if the same applies when it's a Democrate politician. Biden's statement would literally be career-ending if it were uttered by a Republican. Historically, Dems have been able to get away with stuff that would sink a Republican. I'm pretty sure this will be the case again here. If that's not hypocritical, I don't know what is...

Indeed it is a comedy. And on the day of his racist remarks Biden is in the studio with Stewart laughing it up, specifically in regards to his racist "faux pas". Might as well be telling black jokes in the smoked filled boys clubhouse.

Three guys go into a bar, a Polish guy, a Mexican guy, and a black guy. The Polish guy says, "hey that bartender reminds me of Jesus. I'm gonna order a shot." The Mexican guys says, "oye I think joo right esse, tequila for me bartender!" The black guys says, "hey I could see that, count me in".

So they take turns doing rounds of shots. They all tip Jesus well and after about an hour Jesus comes over to the Polish guy and whispers, "I want to thank you for your generosity." The Polish guy exclaims, "It's a miracle! I was deaf in this ear for ten years and now the hearing is back!"

Jesus then walks over to the Mexican guy, puts his hand on the Mexican guy's shoulder and says, "I want to thank you for your generosity." The Mexican guy exclaims, "It's a miracle! I had a foundary injury and couldn't raise my right arm and now it's healed!"

Jesus then walks over to the black guy, and the black guy exclaims, "Don't touch me! I'm on Disability!"

Hell yes. It's just that the media was caught off guard. They were waiting for a conservative Republican to make some sort of remark that they could jump on to exclaim "Racist!", "We shall overcome!" during Obama's presidential bid.

There's more black people than the 1337 black politicians who have so far made themselves involved. When are we going to hear stories for weeks on end from the man in the street about how Joe Biden "hates black people"? Jesse Jackson uses the kiddie gloves, while on the other hand going full throttle against someone like Bill O'Reilly. Let's see the reaction the next time someone on the right makes a racist "faux pas", like calling Obama "boy". The thing is, I can't imagine someone saying anything more offensive than what Biden said unless they were to go into a N-word laced tirade. Mark Fuhrman (spelling just for you ;p) went through hell because he might have used the N-word in his past during the OJ trial. There's so many examples. I'll keep my eye out for a Thomas Sowell column.

Edit: Hell, the Republicans are "racists" for wanting immigration laws to be enforced. Protests galore for months all summer. Blah blah blah.

Edited, Feb 1st 2007 10:34pm by MonxDoT

If there's a groundswell of anger in the black community against Biden, let me know, okay?At least this time you openly admitted that you were talking out of your ***. That's a good start.

I'm sure they will. But no one else will. That's the point...

I couldn't agree more. The point is that Fox News is ludicrously partisan.

It's just silly to say the coverage and reaction would be the same if a high ranking Republican had uttered those very same remarks.


Of course it wouldn't be, Fox would defend him blindly.

CNN et all would report it essentially identically.

But Fox has my O'Reilly-bear, and that makes them great!

Nexa

Nah, we just like O'Reilly.

Nexa

No doubt Fox's coverage would be different. But to say that CNN et all would report it essentially identically is just blatant bs. Unlike you I check out more than one cable news network, and don't have a reactionary fear of getting cooties from watching Fox news. Hardball, AndersonCooper 360, O'Reilly Factor, Hanity & Colmes. They're all biased. At least with FoxNews they don't pretend as much to be unbiased. But like I said, truth is truth and facts are facts. If you want to pretend Lou Dobbs is unbiased, go ahead. All we need do is analyzie what is fact is what isn't, one instance at a time.



It's still awfully racist from just that point because no matter how you slice it or pause it he's referencing all those qualities being "storybook" because Obama is African-American. It wouldn't be "storybook" if he was white, now would it? It doesn't sound any less credit-to-his-race awful to me by inserting a "yeah" sentence in between.

It's fine if we've moved beyond reactionary firings of Jimmy the Greeks because they gaffe by saying African-Americans were bred for athletic ability. Just keep it consistent. Taking the high road, forgiving and moving on, is even good enough for Newt Gingrich in this instance. Just keep it consistent. And if it's going to stay consistent, we should hear a lot less reactionary shrillness from the traditional African-American political elements, and see a lot less coverage of bickering complaining about racism.

Afterall, you have the right to be racist and marry only persons of a particular race if you so desire. And every supporter of affirmative action even demands that the laws of society be racist seperate but equal displays. I've been called nigg-A hundreds of times by black people. I don't have a problem with that, and they obviously don't either.

But in the end, racism is racism, no matter the source. If instances can be pointed out as ignorant and upbraided without protests and rallys, fine. I don't want to see the extensive ******** and moaning coverage and reactions of black racists in Michigan opposed to the ending of racist affirmative action policies in government and education. It's good that the Asylum is Beyond Race and thinks Race Doesn't Matter.