Fox's Obama 'Loves Gangsta Rap' Headline Is Pulled Down

[depakid]

Drop to the end of Jann Wenner's Rolling Stone interview with President Barack Obama, and you'll get to the part where Wenner asks the president to talk about the music he's been listening to lately. Here's Obama's answer, in its entirety:

My iPod now has about 2,000 songs, and it is a source of great pleasure to me. I am probably still more heavily weighted toward the music of my childhood than I am the new stuff. There's still a lot of Stevie Wonder, a lot of Bob Dylan, a lot of Rolling Stones, a lot of R&B, a lot of Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Those are the old standards.

A lot of classical music. I'm not a big opera buff in terms of going to opera, but there are days where Maria Callas is exactly what I need.

Thanks to Reggie , my rap palate has greatly improved. Jay-Z used to be sort of what predominated, but now I've got a little Nas and a little Lil Wayne and some other stuff, but I would not claim to be an expert. Malia and Sasha are now getting old enough to where they start hipping me to things. Music is still a great source of joy and occasional solace in the midst of what can be some difficult days.

Now, here's how FoxNation.com distilled that answer, on its website:



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[Saphire]

1. my, my...quite the victims, no? They're not really trying to hide it anymore.

[Supersedeas]

10. and it is not just Glen Beck with these open and obvious references

[craigmatic]

2. By running that headline they're hitting 2 targets: the president and hip hop. Not all rap is

gangsta just like not all rock is metal.

[rufus dog]

3. not to them

It is all scary black men.

[craigmatic]

5. They're all stupid aren't they?

[Eric Condon]

6. I defintely wouldn't call Nas "gangsta rap"

In fact, I wouldn't really call much of anything "gangsta rap" anymore, considering what was called "gangsta rap" fell out of fashion in the late 90s.

But Nas is pure poetry. It sounds shallow, but as much as Obama can disappoint me sometimes, it honestly makes me feel really good to know that the president listens to Nas.

[craigmatic]

8. Yeah I like his music too. Wayne isn't that gangsta either people are stuck on the early 90's

today's rap is either about chasing girls, creating a new dance, or just rappers being egotistical. This really shows that they don't listen to the music.

[Eric Condon]

12. Of course, to Faux, Curtis Mayfield would probably be "gangsta rap" too nt

[treestar]

4. Losers

They're so obvious.

[DangerousRhythm]

7. He needs some Janelle Monáe...

No, really, I bet he'd love her. :)

[muffin1]

9. Fucking racists

keeping racism alive and well among their followers. THEN those asshats blame Obama for the racism. I've heard them say that we should be 'post-racial' because we elected a black man for President, and yet racism seems worse now. As if that is his fault. NOOOO...it took this election for all the racists to come crawling out of the woodwork again, because they can't STAND that he is their President. :banghead:

[COLGATE4]

11. And then they beat their breasts and whine "You can't point to

one example where Fox was racist". Lying, slimy bastards. I hope there's a pit in Hell lower than Dante's lowest which is reserved for all these psuedo journalists.