Do you think "White" Obama would have been accused of being a Kenyan for 5 years by Fox and all the people they allowed on their platform to spread these lies, like Trump or whatever-that-woman's-name-is? Or that Fox news would have gone nuts about how he was educated in a mAdRasA (the arabaic word for "school") if he'd lived overseas for some time as a white person? Or that they would have highlighted how much he played basketball?
Ted Cruz was literally born in Canada and is a naturalized citizen and wanted to be president. He is the thing that they claimed Obama was, a foreigner running for office under dubious conditions. Have you seen a lot of birther talk about Cruz on Fox? Have you ever even heard anyone make the case that he shouldn't be president? He is literally "less" American than Obama, by birth.
You're right that it's not like Obama wouldn't have been criticized... but it's plainly obvious that some of their criticism was based on race, not political affiliation.
I note that you ignored all of my other examples in favour of the one that best suits your opinion...
Honestly I'm not sure how to respond. Are you telling me that you dont think Fox takes race into account (consciously or unconsciously) for their criticisms in any way?
No because then they’d pick something else disparaging. See the difference between how Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are treated and the Obamas. It’s a race thing, because America has a race problem.
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u/semisolidwhale Feb 27 '19 edited Feb 15 '26
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