An interesting tidbit has just come up on Media Matters, courtesy of Greg Sargent:
It seems Shirley Sherrod has opened up a can of Whup-Ass on Fox:
She out-and-out ACCUSES Fox news of blatant racism.
I know this is a short diary, but here's a money quote:
She said Fox showed no professionalism in continuing to bother her for an interview, but failing to correct their coverage.
"I think they should but they won't. They intended exactly what they did. They were looking for the result they got yesterday," she said of Fox. "I am just a pawn. I was just here. They are after a bigger thing, they would love to take us back to where we were many years ago. Back to where black people were looking down, not looking white folks in the face, not being able to compete for a job out there and not be a whole person."
Still, Fox continued to push for an interview with her, Sherrod said.
"It was unbelievable. I am refusing to be on there. They have been calling me and calling me. I have refused to do an interview because they are biased," she explained. "I don't think Fox News does it fairly. It is worse so now. I have sat and listened to the way they cover the news even before this administration and I saw what was going on."
Sherrod said this situation has worsened her view of racism in media coverage.
"I think it is race. You think we have come a long way in terms of race relations in this country, but we keep going backwards," she said. "We have become more racist. This was their doing, Breitbart put that together misrepresenting what I was saying and Fox carried it."
THIS is the kind of fight we need to see from this Administration and Congress.
THIS is what we need to see from US. We need to get out, and be LOUD, be STRONG, and NEVER BACK DOWN.