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thinkprogress.org - 1/3/2009
Fox News claims ‘magic negro’ text was ‘inadvertently cleared for air.’
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As ThinkProgress recently noted , Fox News allowed at least one racist message directed toward President-elect Obama to make it on the air during its New Years broadcast. In a statement to TVNewser yesterday, Fox News VP of programming Suzanne Scott defended the incident, claiming that the text ...
Fox News allows ‘magic negro’ New Year’s message to be broadcast.
thinkprogress.org - 1/2/2009
Fox News allows ‘magic negro’ New Year’s message to be broadcast.
— thinkprogress.org — Throughout last night’s New Year’s eve broadcast, Fox News Channel allowed viewers to send in New Year’s... greetings and wishes via text message. The messages were then scrolled across the bottom of the screen, replacing Fox’s ... (more) Fox News allows ‘magic negro’ New Year’s message to be ...

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foxnews.com - 1/4/2009
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Fox News sure is touchy
Political Animal — ... . Fox News VP of programming Suzanne Scott explains, "We received tens of thousands of text message submissions during our New Years Eve special, and this particular viewer submission was inadvertently cleared for air. At FOX we recognize our error as opposed to networks who allow their hosts to utter crude vulgarities to the public." It's an interesting response for a couple reasons. First, as Matt Corley noted , it's harder to accept these "accidents" given Fox News' history of "allowing racially-charged language aimed at Obama and his family to make it on air and then ...

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