Fox News Hypocrisy Again Shows Through With Franklin Graham Situation

Fox News conservatives (I know ... kind of redundant) are crying like schoolchildren over anti-Muslim hater Franklin Graham having his invitation to speak at a Pentagon National Day of Prayer event revoked.

Fox News brought on a man by the name of whiner Peter Johnson Jr. to come on and cry about poor Franklin Graham being treated so poorly. Yes, if only we were all a little more sensitive to his anti-Muslim bigotry it would be a happier world ... for people like Franklin Graham.

Here is an excerpt of what Media Matters writes (with video of Johnson whining):

In a classic moment of cognitive dissonance, Johnson Jr. said:

No one is out to make any excuses for the statements that Franklin Graham made. And they were made nine years ago, in the wake of 9/11. In the wake of 3,000 deaths. He doesn't need excuses, he's made his viewpoint clear as an evangelical minister and as someone who wants to proselytize the world in the word of Jesus Christ.

Of course, in stressing that Graham's comments were "made nine years ago, in the wake of 9/11," Johnson Jr. is attempting to excuse Graham's comments a few seconds after claiming that "no one" is "out to make any excuses." As my colleague Simon Maloy pointed out, yesterday Johnson Jr. also spent several minutes offering excuses for Graham's anti-Muslim rhetoric, including invoking 9-11. And he's not the only one.

Graham himself has defended his rhetoric about Islam as recently as this past December on CNN, telling Campbell Brown that "True Islam cannot be practiced in this country. You can't beat your wife. You cannot murder your children if you think they've committed adultery or something like that, which they do practice in these other countries."

Last night, Sean Hannity repeatedly excused Graham's comments, specifying that they were aimed at "radical Islam." But the outrage over Graham's comments is that he has taken the actions of fringe lunatics and applied them to an entire faith, which he has classified as a "very evil and wicked religion."

Defense of Graham hasn't been limited to Fox News, as CNN's Erick Erickson wrote that: "The Council on Islamic-American Relations and other Islamic groups got upset with Franklin Graham pointing out the truth."

So, conservatives want Graham's comments to be put into context (it was after 9/11 and it was almost 10 years ago).

Now, imagine if the speaker was say ... randomly ... oh ... the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Would these same conservatives be scrambling to have Rev. Wright put into context? No. Would these same conservatives care that Rev. Wright's controversial comments (the ones played constantly) were made a little after 9/11? No way.

Johnson's comments are so ridiculous it's difficult to know where to begin. Johnson weakly and pathetically tries to bring politics into the issue to try and paint the left as religiously bigoted (oh, the irony of such thought).

Were we "America-lite" when Rev. Wright was being attacked?

Were we "America-lite" when Fr. Michael Pfleger was being attacked?

Watch this video and ask yourself ... Would Peter Johnson would make the same argument for Rev. Jeremiah Wright?

Gretchen Carlson comes on near the end of the clip and whines about us being a politically correct society, but did she feel that way when Rev. Wright and Fr. Pfleger were being attacked and demonized?

Will Bill O'Reilly attack or send one of his "producers" to attack Franklin Graham for his anti-Muslim comments the way he demonizes Minister Louis Farrakhan for (negative comments made toward Jews) and sends his one of his "producer(s)" to hound Fr. Pfleger for defending Farrakhan? No. Is Bill O'Reilly "defending hate" with regard to Graham? see the clip on Pfleger>

Hannity is quick to defend almost anyone (white or black) of any comments that are bigoted or racist against people of color (Rush Limbaugh, Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman, Don Imus, Jesse Lee Peterson, and Michael Richards).

Fox News once again proves to be hypocritical and unethical.

Hannity Once Again Provides Jesse Lee Peterson A Platform To Attack Black People

I would never insult a house Negro by calling Jesse Lee Peterson one. Peterson is far worse than a house Negro.

Jesse Lee Peterson is a slave-catching Negro who takes pride in doing the dirty work against other black people for his master (in this case it is Fox News right wing talk show host Sean Hannity). With great joy, Hannity sits back and watches as Jesse Lee Peterson launches racist attack after racist attack against black people. Hannity, I would imagine, sees himself as inoculated against any backlash because he has his black man on there to do the dirty work. Back during slavery, the white slave master or slave catcher could sit back and let his black slave catcher do the hard work while he kept his hands physically clean from the horrors.

In one of his latest appearances on Hannity’s Fox News show, Peterson had this to say:

PETERSON: But to be honest with you, this whole thing is — I remember, George Washington built America based on truth. Barack Obama is destroying America based on lies.

This thing is about the redistribution of wealth, it’s about Black Liberation Theology. Obama lied on the primaries, he’s been lying ever since. And the sad thing about it, some Americans — most Americans are starting to see it, but they don’t realize that they’ve been seduced by this man, and he doesn’t care about what is right.

We see what he’s doing, bowing down to everybody around the country –

HANNITY: Around the world.

PETERSON: And around the world. Look what’s happening in Israel right now, he’s never really supported Israel. This guy is not on our side.

He’s — Obama, in all honesty, is the Congressional Black Caucus, he is Louis Farrakhan, he is Rev. Wright, his minister, he is all of them wrapped up in one — and he’s gonna take — if we allow this health-care thing to happen, he’s gonna turn America into Detroit. And we cannot let this happen.

Peterson of course comes back to the customary mention of Jeremiah Wright and Louis Farrakhan (names designed to do little more than to scare white people and gain him favor with these same whites he adores more than he adores himself). He comes back to the same tired lines about “redistribution of wealth” and drumming up more fear with his mentioning of so-called “Black Liberation Theology.”

Sean Hannity is a disgraceful man who knows exactly what he is doing by bringing Jesse Lee Peterson on his show to attack black people.

The Young Turks on Peterson:

Peterson as a house Negro (and like Uncle Ruckus from The Boondocks):

Here are some of my previous posts on the racist idiocy of Jesse Lee Peterson:

Here, he is disrespectful of Demond Wilson and goes on the attack against him: http://simmerdown3.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/demond-wilson-angered-by-rude-jesse-lee-peterson-hangs-up/

Here, Jesse Lee Peterson thanks God for slavery (maybe because he is acting like Sean Hannity’s slave): http://simmerdown3.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/jesse-lee-peterson-thank-god-for-slavery/

Glenn Beck Finds A Black Man Who Will Do His Bidding

Maybe Jesse Lee Peterson had the night off. Who knows.

Somehow, far-right nut Glenn Beck managed to find another black man (Stephen Broden of Fair Park Bible Fellowship Church) who would come on his show and do his bidding to attack President Obama and all people affiliated with his administration with the usual nutty charges … socialist, radicals, atheist, Darwin atheists, Marxist … yadda, yadda, yadda.

After Broden spews his garbage then Beck comes back and sneaks in a cheap shot on Michelle Obama.

Beck then essentially reveals (without saying it straight out) that he brought this man on there to get the racism charges off his back. Beck, of course, brings back Rev. Wright again … just because he can. Broden comes back on with the bogus charge of moving the country toward socialism.

Glenn Beck says he would love to have Broden back, but it is quite obvious as to why he wanted this man on the air.

Broden allowed himself to be pimped by Glenn Beck to become little more than Uncle Ruckus from the Boondocks (see video below).

Media Matters for America:
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200908310030

The Infamous Jesse Lee Peterson, AKA, Uncle Ruckus, Is At It Again

The master of self hate, the man who seems to hate his own skin, is back at it again. First, I’d like to thank Field Negro for bringing this to my attention on his blog. The statement below comes from the self-hating “black” man named Jesse Lee Peterson. Peterson has achieved a level of fame thanks to his willingness to go onto conservative television and radio programs or to go on the Internet and make disparaging comments about black people. He is sort of like a racial mercenary who is used by conservative whites to attack black people while they (men like Hannity, Beck, Cunningham, Liddy and others) keep their hands clean and sit back and smile. Peterson is akin to what, during the days of slavery, was a slave catcher. The slave master would send his house slaves (slave catchers) to go and capture runaway slaves while not having to expend much energy and without having to work up much of a sweat. These black slave catchers would do the dirty work to return their people to bondage while gaining modest benefits from the slave master.

With that as the backdrop, here is a statement from Peterson’s group BOND:

“Black Group Comes Out In Support Of Glenn Beck.

BOND Action, Inc., a national cultural action organization, has come out in support of FOX News Channel broadcaster Glenn Beck. Beck has been under attack from the radical left-wing group ColorOfChange.org after he said last month that he believes President Obama is “a racist.”

ColorOfChangeorg was founded by Van Jones; a self-described “rowdy black nationalist.” Jones now serves as White House environmental advisor (“green jobs czar”). So far advertisers including Geico, Ally Bank, and Sargento Cheese have been intimidated into pulling ads off The Glenn Beck Show. “BOND Action, Inc., will be working to expose the source behind the boycott and counter it,” said Founder and President, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson.

“Glenn Beck is right, Obama is a racist! ” added Rev. Peterson. “Where were the boycotts and outraged activists when President George W. Bush was being falsely maligned as a ‘racist’? This is a blatant double standard. This boycott is an attempt to silence Beck from continuing his expose’ of Barack Obama’s socialist agenda and his radical ‘green jobs czar’ Van Jones.” ColorOfChange.org claims some 33 advertisers have pulled their ads off The Glenn Beck Show, but that number is reportedly exaggerated. ColorOfChange.org has a checkered past. The group reportedly endorsed outrageous statements by rapper Kanye West that former President Bush gave troops permission to go to New Orleans and shoot black people during Hurricane Katrina. Beck’s television program draws more than 2 million viewers and BOND Action, Inc., is calling on advertisers not to cave in to pressure.

Rev. Peterson said, “ColorOfChange.org claims that it exists to ‘strengthen Black America’s political voice’—but it’s clear that they are a left-wing, racist political group that deal in lies. This attempt to silence Beck is an attack on free speech and must be countered.”
BOND Action, Inc. is a 501 (c) (4) cultural action organization, which exists to educate motivate and rally Americans to greater involvement in the moral, cultural and political issues that threaten our great country. Contributions to BOND Action, Inc. are NOT tax-deductible, but are confidential. For more information call (877) WE-ACT-77 (932-2877) or visit www.bondaction.org”>“

Here is a little something about Jesse Lee Peterson:

Here is an excerpt of what Field Negro had to say:

I hate to put the two in the same blog post, but I can’t let today go by without commenting on a disturbing link that my friend, Sharon from Wisconsin, sent me from the New Republic. It involves our old friend, Jesse L. Peterson, and I am so embarrassed and repulsed by this negro (No caps in Negro when referring to him) that I am seriously considering dedicating some funds and time to have a study done on him. (I am serious) I am sure that there is a psychiatric professional who studies the type of behavior that this man exhibits. This level of self- hatred and reprobation is beyond “Stockholm Syndrome”, it is a sickness that knows no words.

Well said, Field.

I think the Field Negro would find a lot of support from those who have been sickened over the years by the vicious racist comments that come from Jesse Lee Peterson over the airwaves. Jesse Lee Peterson has been a disgraceful man (his support and echoing of Glenn Beck’s comments are additional evidence of how over the top he is) over the years by using his black skin as a bit of a shield to attack black people as he takes the dirty shortcut to his pitiful version of fame.

Here are more disgusting words coming from Peterson.

Guest Calls Out Sean Hannity On Use Of Code Words As The ‘New N-Word’

For quite some time, I’ve been pointing out that hardcore conservatives like Sean Hannity have been using words or terms like “socialist” and “anti-American” to attack people. These words are designed to attack and de-humanize people in the eyes of conservatives and people in middle America who may be a little more easily influenced by what they see on television. Frankly, a lot of people can’t distinguish between opinion reporting (hopefully based on some facts) and news reporting. Fox News has been an expert at blurring the line. But, that part is a topic for another day.

Hannity, and people like him, have cleverly turned words or terms like “socialist” and “anti-American” into verbal weapons. You don’t like liberal policies then you call them “socialist.” Liberals are routinely labeled as “anti-American” by so many conservatives. Think about how President Obama was attacked by conservatives during the campaign and since his election and inauguration. He has been called a socialist, fascist and communist. People have tried to portray him as a hater of America and a hater of white people (the absurd claim made by the idiotic Glenn Beck).

For example, I believe the birther movementis founded on a blend of racism and xenophobia (think about the hysteria for some about illegal immigration).

Now, back to Hannity, who for years has provided a comforting platform to people who have made racist comments about black people (Jesse Lee Peterson, Dog Chapman and Rush Limbaugh to name just a few). In this video, posted by Media Matters for America, Hannity is called out by a gutsy guest for his use of these code words to attack people.

The audience member referred to these code words as the “new N-word.”

The rest of the audience (probably stacked with conservatives) tried to shout the man down, but he made his point.

It’s good to see someone call Hannity out for these kinds of attacks.

Demond Wilson, Angered By Rude Jesse Lee Peterson, Hangs Up

An interview with Demond Wilson, one of the former stars of the great 1970s comedy Sanford and Son, seems to go off stride as Jesse Lee Peterson presses him to talk politics and bash President Barack Obama, who has been in the office basically a minute. The hard-headed Peterson keeps jumping on Wilson while bashing President Obama and black people in general.

Peterson’s comments are consistently idiotic and highly rude and prove how little respect he has for his guests or for other people. Peterson is a bigot as proven by his hostile intolerance of those who disagree with him. This shows how vicious, partisan and ignorant Jesse Lee Peterson, aka Uncle Ruckus from The Boondocks, is.

If Jesse Lee Peterson was a cartoon character he would be Uncle Ruckus:

Peterson has a show and a platform because he pulls the Uncle Ruckus routine of being the black man who will go on television, on the radio or in print to bash black people without conscience.

G. Gordon Liddy Pimps Jesse Lee Peterson

As DJay said in the movie Hustle and Flow, “You know it’s hard out here for a pimp.”

G. Gordon Liddy turned into a pimp as he turned out Jesse Lee Peterson to once again serve his primary purpose in life – attacking black people (including President Obama) to keep conservative white extremists from getting their hands dirty.

Thanks to Media Matters for America for again exposing Peterson.

Media Matters for America:
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200906250011

Known Hater Jesse Lee Peterson Rises From The Garbage Back To Fox News

Jesse Lee Peterson, a man who repeatedly makes racist attacks on black people, has a home on Fox News. Fox welcomes Peterson because he does their dirty work. As a black man, Fox News power people bring on Peterson to attack black people while they sit back and keep their own hands clean. It’s laughable how some of these Fox News hosts bring Peterson on their program and then act surprised when he says vicious, hateful and racist things about black people. Truly, Peterson is invited on Fox News programs for no other reason than to verbally attack black men and women, in general, and President Obama, in specific. Peterson is like those blacks who turned on their own people and kidnapped them into slavery, sold them into slavery or caught them and returned them to slavery. He is little different than a slave catcher. Peterson happily prostitutes himself out to Fox News as he takes great pleasure in stereotyping and attacking black people.

Here are some comments made by Peterson during a recent episode of Glenn Beck’s Fox News program:

PETERSON: Barack Obama is no different than Jeremiah Wright, the NAACP and others … They hate white Americans and they especially hate the white man. This is why Obama said he believed in the redistribution of wealth. They want to take the power away from the white man and give it to the people who they think deserve it … and it’s the people of color. This is a dangerous man and he should not be trusted.

Fox News is disgraceful for putting this low-life of a man on the air. The worst part about it is that Peterson is either too stupid or doesn’t care that he is only useful to them when he’s attacking black people.

Jesse Lee Peterson is the classic, modern-day house slave. Like the house slave, he is only good to his master when he is doing the dirty work against black people. Also, like the house slave, when he can no longer serve that purpose, he will be put back in with the rest of the slaves.

Media Matters:
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200906240036

Here is an old video of Peterson and others.

Check Out News Hounds Blog On Sean Hannity’s Hypocrisy

News Hounds is on the case of Sean Hannity coming to Sarah Palin’s rescue for a bad joke from David Letterman while ignoring a racist attack used against Michelle Obama.

Here is an excerpt:

Sean Hannity has been up in arms for days over David Letterman’s “vicious, vicious” jokeabout Sarah Palin’s daughter, claiming that a similar attack on Michelle Obama by any conservative would bring ruination. Yet race-conscious(over the rights of white people) Hannity has to date spent no time on the far more vicious and racially tinged “joke”by Republican activist Rusty DePass which likened Michelle Obama to a gorilla and then blamed her for it.

I’m almost surprised Hannity did not recruit Jesse Lee Peterson to come on and trash black people a little bit more and defend Rusty DePass.

News Hounds:
http://www.newshounds.us/2009/06/17/while_howling_about_letterman_and_palin_hannity_ignores_comparison_of_michelle_obama_to_a_gorilla.php