
Fox television news is racist and biased against Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, says rapper Nas.
The rapper is worked with Democratic PAC’s MoveOn.org and ColorofChange.org to deliver more than 600,000 petitions yesterday to the network’s New York City headquarters.
Nas released a statement that claims, “Fox poisons the country with racist propaganda and tries to call it news.”
The network retorted: “Fox News believes in all protesters exercising their right to free speech including Nas who has an album to promote.”
Last month, Fox News referred to Michelle Obama, the wife of the Democratic presidential candidate, as “Obama’s baby mama.” Later, the network said a producer “exercised poor judgment” during the segment.
MoveOn.org, a liberal public advocacy group, and ColorofChange.org, an online group of black activists, said the petition signatures were gathered online in the past month.
His new, untitled album took over the No. 1 spot on the Billboard chart after selling 187 000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That pushes Lil Wayne down to No. 2 with 105 000 sold.