NAS JOINS PROTESTERS AT FOX NEWS

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Nas made it a point to attend a protest in collaboration with ColorOfChange.org and MoveOn.org against Fox News at the network’s Manhattan headquarters on 6th Avenue and present a petition to the news organization.

“We already knew that Fox is not a news network; they are a propaganda machine,” he said. “But their racist attacks have gone way too far. Calling Michelle Obama ‘Barack’s baby mama’ — tell me, is that acceptable? Is that racist? Bill O’Reilly saying a ‘lynching party’ for Michelle Obama might be legit if she has the wrong political opinions. Is that acceptable? Is that flat-out racist? Is this hate-mongering and fear-mongering at its worst?” he continued. ” … Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people. Like when they used the solemn occasion of Coretta Scott King’s funeral to call black leaders racist — that’s not acceptable. It’s offensive to black Americans, and it’s offensive to all Americans.”  

Fox News released the following statement in response to the protest:

“Fox News believes in all protesters exercising their right to free speech, including Nas, who has an album to promote.”

I was able to catch the action during my lunch break…check out the pic I snapped.

What do ya think? Is Nas using this platform as a ploy to promote his new album?
YOU DECIDE!

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