Is that a fake news crawl? Haha. Has to be.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=fox%20magic%20negro&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

I'm sure he will, Jen and John C. Because he's MAGIC! (He made John McCain, Sarah Palin, and George W. Bush disappear.)

LOL!!!!!!!

I'm sorry. I know it was done in bad intention and all, but goddamn this is some funny stuff.

Magic Negro LOL LOL LOL Never heard it before LOL

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=f
ox%20magic%20negro&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn


At the time of this writing, there don't appear to be any credible sources at that link confirming the story.

that's well funny though.

It certainly seems plausible that this is real given what I've read. "Barack the magic negro" sung to the tune of puff the magic dragon, is a song that's been played on Rush Limbaugh's radio show. I imagine a few Rush listeners also watch fox news. And these were comments sent as text messages by viewers. It's remarkably stupid, but maybe they just patched them in directly, or with some filter that didn't catch "negro".


http://www.alternet.org/blogs/mediaculture/116887/fox_news_allows_%27magic_negro%27_new_year%E2%80%99s_message_to_be_broadcast/

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/06/rush-taking-heat-for-racist-song/

>> ^legacy0100:
LOL!!!!!!!
I'm sorry. I know it was done in bad intention and all, but goddamn this is some funny stuff.
Magic Negro LOL LOL LOL Never heard it before LOL


It's a common film archetype. Think like The Green Mile, or Bruce Almighty. Some critics say its so common because most script writers don't know any black people and don't know how to write for them. Sort of like how internet comics all write women as eye rolling house fraus.

Is this like the United Negro College Fund?

Or, perhaps the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?


Maybe I'm getting old, but I can't see how this stuff is even newsworthy, let alone Siftworthy.

I did come across this however:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro

The term was popularized by Spike Lee.

Well he is magical, cause he swindled millions of Americans into voting for socialism and economic collapse.

On the other hand, I think they were just wishing him well.

>> ^CaptainPlanet420:
Well he is magical, cause he swindled millions of Americans into voting for socialism and economic collapse.


Economic collapse? Yeah, that all began as soon as he was elected. Good point.

Spike Lee's term is the "Super Duper Magical Negro".

Ha ha ha ha ha.

I love the way VP of programming for FOX, Suzanne Scott, has tried to deflect attention over to CNN.

"We received tens of thousands of text message submissions during our New Years Eve special, and this particular viewer submission was inadvertently cleared for air. At FOX we recognize our error as opposed to networks who allow their hosts to utter crude vulgarities to the public."

Obviously subscribing to the 'best form of defense is attack' school of thought.

Anyway, this has all given me a good chuckle.

>> ^Hyperdrive:
I love the way VP of programming for FOX, Suzanne Scott, has tried to deflect attention over to CNN.
"We received tens of thousands of text message submissions during our New Years Eve special, and this particular viewer submission was inadvertently cleared for air. At FOX we recognize our error as opposed to networks who allow their hosts to utter crude vulgarities to the public."

Idiots confused April 1 with January 1. Funny stuff.

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