Fox news headline on Obama's music preferences in Rolling Stone interview

[BzaDem]

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/78003/fox-news-vs-obama

--snip--

"Here's a snippet from President Obama's Rolling Stone interview, on what kinds of music he listens to:

What music have you been listening to lately? What have you discovered, what speaks to you these days?

My iPod now has about 2,000 songs, and it is a source of great pleasure to me. I am probably still more heavily weighted toward the music of my childhood than I am the new stuff. There's still a lot of Stevie Wonder, a lot of Bob Dylan, a lot of Rolling Stones, a lot of R&B, a lot of Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Those are the old standards.

A lot of classical music. I'm not a big opera buff in terms of going to opera, but there are days where Maria Callas is exactly what I need.

Thanks to Reggie , my rap palate has greatly improved. Jay-Z used to be sort of what predominated, but now I've got a little Nas and a little Lil Wayne and some other stuff, but I would not claim to be an expert. Malia and Sasha are now getting old enough to where they start hipping me to things. Music is still a great source of joy and occasional solace in the midst of what can be some difficult days.

Here's Fox News's totally non-racially coded headline describing this news:

President of the United States Loves Gangsta Rap
http://www.thefoxnation.com/entertainment/2010/09/28/president-united-states-loves-gangsta-rap

Well, that's fair."

--snip--

[al bupp]

1. Not to mention balanced

:eyes:

[babylonsister]

2. Unbelievable, but then again, not really. nt

[marmar]

3. Also illustrates the headline writers extreme ignorance of the rap genre.....

nt

[BurtWorm]

7. Willful ignorance.

Their wrinkled old white-ass audience thinks all negroes are gangsters, so all rap is gangsta rap.

[unblock]

9. why assume ignorance when malice is evident?

if they knew everything there was to know about rap, they'd still write the same headline.
if someone in the room said, "hey, that's not gangsta rap", the response would be "so what," no doubt accompanied by evil laughter.

[marmar]

12. True.

[snooper2]

4. Lil Wayne isn't gangsta rap...he's a wanna-be - course black man rapping = gangsta

Stupid Faux news assholes..


I should send them some Bone Thugs-n-Harmony :)

[Vickers]

5. I'm somewhat surprised it doesn't say "Kenyan-born President of the United States..."

:eyes:

[BurtWorm]

17. Right, and that they don't call it "race music."

Fuckin' Fox fuckers!

[AldebTX]

6. Gawd

I wish there was a way to make Faux just go away.....I've tried by turning them off....but so many of my co-workers eat and breathe their shows.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

8. This afternoon, my father told me that Obama is "out of touch." He can't appeal to...

the "average Joe," and "New Jersey Housewife." He got that shit straight from Tweety and "Morning Hoe"!

Those musical tastes sound like someone absolutely IN TOUCH with the average American.

[Scurrilous]

10. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. Any non-racist pretense these jagoffs might have had went out the window when they referred to

Mrs. Obama as "Obama's Babay Mama". Fuck, I hate these pricks. :grr:

[Supersedeas]

14. are the speaking to a constituency or INCULCATING one

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

15. Both. They are hoping to work on a new generation of bigots which gets harder to do

as the country evolves.

[blondeatlast]

13. apparently they pulled it; the page is gone. Maybe they have a conscie--nevermind. nt

[Iterate]

19. Nah, they're just pausing to update.

"President insults Nashville, ignores country-western music"

[pinboy3niner]

21. Someone must have convinced them it was too transparently blatant

Now, they're probably looking all over the Fox building to find someone who can do the same thing, but subtly. (Lotsa luck finding someone in that outfit who can do subtle. Slightly less heavy-handed is the best they can hope for.)

:)

[Iterate]

16. Actually, I'm impressed he listens to Miles.

Maybe it's caused him to think more lately about surrounding himself with better talent.

[Zephie]

18. I'm glad theres no real news to be reporting on or anything

:eyes:

[tblue37]

20. I am reminded of their "terrorist fist bump" and

"Obama's Baby Mama" BS. They don't even try to be subtle.

[emulatorloo]

22. Lying Assholes. and I don't like to swear in post titles.

[Tutankhamun]

23. "President of United States Loves Fried Chicken, Watermelon"

Up next on Faux News with Shawn Insanity.

[Odin2005]

24. LOL, I'm lily-white and my tastes are almost the same.

especially Miles Davis. Racist fuckwits.

[spanone]

25. never expect anything classy from faux and you'll never be disappointed