Conyers blasts Fox

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by kos
Over at Fox News, all black people look alike, talking about William Jefferson while showing images of John Conyers.

Conyers fires back:

Yesterday, Fox News Channel broke the story of Rep. William Jefferson's indictment with video of House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers greeting Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at a recent Judiciary Committee hearing. The network apologized on-air for airing the wrong video; however, they did not personally apologize to Mr. Conyers or describe the video they aired the previous day. Chairman Conyers responded today:

"Fox News has a history of inappropriate on-air mistakes that are neither fair, nor balanced. This type of disrespect for people of color should no longer be tolerated. I am personally offended by the network's complete disregard for accuracy in reporting and lackluster on-air apology." - House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)

Did John Conyers just figure this out? If not, why was he one of the Congressional Black Caucus members who signed the CBC letter urging presidential candidates to attend their debate with Fox News?

And since he says "this type of disrespect for people of color should no longer be tolerated", has Conyers had a change of heart and wish to retract that signature?

Because agreeing to hold that debate with Fox News was exactly the kind of tolerance for Fox's disrespect that we're fighting, even if a good chunk of the CBC, Kucinich, and Biden don't realize it.

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http://www.dailykos.com/

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1. well. at least he finally responded.