VIDEO: Fox's Gibson Defends Racist Comments (CrooksandLiars, MediaMatters)

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Video clips at both Media Matters and Crooks and Liars:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/05/19.html#a8347

John Gibson's: Make Babies: Part II and The Colbert Report



John Gibson is so misunderstood. He was thoroughly shocked that anyone would misinterpret his "Make More Babies" sermon from the other day. Who would do that? I mean there is a huge debate in this country about illegal immigration and when he goes on about how Hispanics are making more babies than anyone else, I don't see how people would come to a different conclusion than John. For clarification, let's check out his latest "My Word," segment and see.

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Gibson: "The Colbert Report actually aired a cleverly edited "My Word" to have me saying something they evidently wanted me saying, something shockingly racist."

Can you imagine that Stephen Colbert actually used John's segment in one of his news reports and cleverly edited some footage? Oh, wait. Gibson forgot to tell his audience that The Colbert Report is a comedy show.

Media Matters has more...

Gibson responded to criticism of "make more babies" remarks -- by invoking Europe's rising Muslim population

Summary: Fox News' John Gibson responded to criticism of his remarks that advised his viewers to "o your duty" and "ake more babies." Gibson said: "My concern was simply that I didn't want America to become Europe, where the birth rate is so low the continent is fast being populated by immigrants, mainly from Muslim countries, whose birth rate is very high."

On the May 16 edition of Fox News' The Big Story, host John Gibson responded to criticism of his May 11 comments that advised his viewers to "(d)o your duty" and "(m)ake more babies," just before citing a May 10 report that nearly half of all children under the age of five in the United States are minorities and claiming that the statistics meant* that half of all Americans could be Hispanic within 25 years, as Media Matters for America noted. During his May 16 "My Word" segment, Gibson claimed there are "(s)ome misunderstandings" regarding his May 11 comments, adding that he's "been accused of being a racist." Gibson explained: "My concern was simply that I didn't want America to become Europe, where the birth rate is so low the continent is fast being populated by immigrants, mainly from Muslim countries, whose birth rate is very high," adding, "I said ... it was also a good idea if people other than Hispanics also got busy and have more babies. Those people would include both blacks and whites. I suppose Asians, too."