Friday, August 05, 2011

Fox Nation attacks Obama over ‘hip-hop BBQ’

By David Edwards/Raw Story

U.S. job growth accelerated more than expected in July, but the top story at Fox News' Fox Nation blog Friday seemed to imply that the economy would have created even more jobs if President Barack Obama didn't have so many black friends.
"Obama's Hip-Hop BBQ Didn't Create Jobs" was the screaming headline on a post about Obama's 50th birthday party.
Along with the story was photo montage of Obama, Charles Barkley, Chris Rock and Jay-Z, all of whom are African-American men. Other celebrities attending the event included Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, but Fox Nation did not include them in the photo.
On Twitter, many were using the hashtag #HipHopBBQacts to mock Fox Nation's framing of the event, with names like The Notorious P.I.G., House of Propane, Wyclef Dijon, Sheila E coli, Coolio Whip and Limp Brisket.
"The economy added some jobs last month and the unemployment rate is down," Crooks and Liar's Tina Dupuy noted. "But not the stock market. So therefore on Fox Nation - LOOK OVER HERE POTUS IS BLACK WITH BLACK FRIENDS!"
Motor City Liberal comment: Hey Fox Nation did Bush create jobs when he was cleaning brush at his Crawford ranch or when he hung out with crappy country music stars?

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