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Drive-By Media Misreporting of "Barack the Magic Negro" Song
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Fox News allows ‘magic negro’ New Year’s message to be broadcast.
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Republicans go to war with the media we have
Power Line — ... , Katon Dawson belonged for years to a country club that did not admit African-Americans. Now we learn that Chip Saltsman sent RNC members a CD by parody artist Paul Shanklin that included the song "Barack the Magic Negro." ...

The “Barack the Magic Negro” controversy
Sister Toldjah — ... with depicting mystically or spiritually attuned African-American characters who suddenly appear on the horizon to nurture the moral development of white protagonists — Lawrence Fishburne in The Matrix, Will Smith in The Legend of Bagger Vance, Don Cheadle in The Family Man, Michael Clarke Duncan in The Green Mile, almost any character played by Morgan Freeman. (Lyrics to the song can be found here.) ...

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opinion.latimes.com 12/31/2008 — Ever since Chip Saltsman, a candidate for Republican National Committee chairman, circulated a CD with a parody on it called "Barack the Magic Negro," Republicans, pundits and more Republicans have been debating whether Saltsman's move was racist, ...
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blogs.abcnews.com 12/29/2008 — A lot of chatter in the media and political worlds these days about RNC chair candidate Chip Saltsman sending around a "comedy" CD to fellow party officials featuring the song "Barack the Magic Negro." (Alternet has posted the song HERE.)...
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rightwingnuthouse.com 12/27/2008 — I suppose the real question is will there ever be agreement among everybody on just what is satire and what is racism? The answer is not as long as liberals see playing the race card as the political advantage it is. The latest blow up involves a ...
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news.aol.com 12/30/2008 — Director and Editor of RedState.com Erick Erickson responded to my column yesterday by defending the ra cist song "Barack the Magic Negro," and RNC chair candidate Chip Saltsman's gift thereof. Here's a taste: Some Moron Thinks He Knows What He's ...
Candidate For RNC Chair Sends Out CD With Song Called "Barack, The Magic Negro"
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/26/2008 — If one of the Republican Party's challenges is how to effectively oppose the first black president without coming off as racist, one of the candidates for RNC chair is hardly off to a good start -- he is now distributing a CD that includes a ...
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huffingtonpost.com 12/29/2008 — RNC candidate Chip Saltsman's Christmas greeting to committee members includes a music CD with lyrics from a song called "Barack the Magic Negro," first played on Rush Limbaugh's popular radio show.
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cnn.com 12/29/2008 — Republican Party reaction is divided over the decision of a candidate for party chairman to distribute a CD that features the parody tune "Barack the Magic Negro," with the majority of Chip Saltsman's political rivals criticizing the move.  ...
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youtube.com 12/27/2008 — This audio was pulled from the Media Matters for America website, although it is just Rush anyway.This is my first video on youtube (technically it is not a ...
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