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A List Of Postings About Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
And I bet Moyers kicked their butts in ratings tonight.
The biggest offense in the Wright tapes - when played in longer segments than Fox or ABC or any other outlet has played them - is no one has captured the sentiment around the words beyond the Noise Level. Wright is talking to a community that feels like America has left them behind - economically, politically, socially, demographically. As Jimmy Boegle put it, "Why do you think it's impossible to love your country, yet still be ashamed of it?" Which a poster on Reddit added "I remember Trent Lott saying something like "It's possible to support troops while opposing the president." Which are variations of exactly what Wright was saying in the 'God Damn America' speech.
Why the media chose to add fuel to that fire, I can only file under racism. Even ratings and profits don't excuse such reckless coverage.
Following are some of what I've found to be significant articles on the web on this topic of Reverend Jeremiah Wright, and the campaign of Barack Obama. They reflect how this became a media circus, who was a user, who was seeking clarity. Hopefully you can use something on it to support both of these people.
And while you're at it, make a donation to PBS. Let them know it's for Bill Moyers' Journal.
Obama's Pastor: God Damn America, U.S. to Blame for 9/11 http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=4443788
Obama’s Spiritual Mentor May Put Church in Hot Water http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/12/obamas-controversial-pastor-puts-church-in-hot-water/
Chickens... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Peck
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/18/11139/2312/916/479110
Are they still the dumbest things? http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=4535600
Hope & Anger go hand in hand http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/04/obama-hope-and.html
To disown Reverend Wright http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=4472576
Obama's Church Blames Media http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/obamas-church-b.html
Limbaugh plays 'Barack The Magic Negro' http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/50979/
http://stormbear.dailykos.com/
ABC did not mention Obama disowned remarks http://mediamatters.org/items/200803130008
A Candidate, His Minister and the Search for Faith. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/30/us/politics/30obama.html?scp=1&sq=a+candidate,+his+minister&st=nyt
Obama's HI-Tech Lynching http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/18/03825/9580/92/478933
Wright off campaign http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/14/obama.minister/index.html
The Audacity Of Hope - JW - http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/03/for-the-record.html
Abe Foxman on Obama, Wright and Louis Farrakhan http://staging.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/print/2008022720080227obamafarrakhandebate.html
Obama denounces Wright http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/us/politics/15wright.html?_r=1&ei=5088&en=7e53dc65d7989b84&ex=1363233600&oref=slogin&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
Obama says Wright is 'contrite' http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080328/D8VMMVMO7.html
Press turns on Obama (sorry HuffPo. this is March...where were you?) http://tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=66c00dd4-824d-44f6-a865-9603ad1cab86&p=2
Obama invokes RFK http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/03/obama_invokes_rfk_in_distancin.html#comments
Obama, race and time to squirm http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/03/obama_race_and_time_to_squirm.html
Rev Wright in a different light http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0326trinitymar26,0,7378432,print.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0326trinitymar26,0,2414760.story
chicagotribune.com
Clinton backer to Obama, explain Wright http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/09/clinton-backer-to-obama-explain-unanswered-wright-questions/
Ferraro unhappy she's compared to Wright http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/20/ferraro-i-am-no-jeremiah-wright/
Modern black church shuns King's message http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/06/mlk.role.church/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Wright cancels appearances http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/26/obama-pastor-cancels-scheduled-appearances/#comments
Wright controversy shakes Obama http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/obama-wright-controversy-has-shaken-me-up/
Photo shows Clinton and Wright http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/photo-shows-president-clinton-controversial-obama-minister/#comments
Roland S. Martin on the 9/11 sermon http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-rev-jeremiah-wrights-911-sermon/
About Sean Hannity and Me - Hal Turner http://www.halturnershow.com/
Are Some Hillary Supers With Wright's Church? http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/25/22354/6315/805/484306
Dear Sheddhead... http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/10/153247/919/902/493362
Rev. Wright like Jesus http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/7/6543/06534/725/491505
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?videoId=1fd1c0cf-5c80-4d75-996f-bd53b2461ae0&sMPlaylistID
Clinton former minister defends Wright http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/25/212524/330/863/484264
Newsmax backs off http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/17/161724/906/381/478644
Pat Buchanan on slavery http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/22/83758/9895/1022/482071
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/23/12332/7137/421/482656
Reverend Wright writes the NYT http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/22/163534/625/759/482318
Sean Hannity's chickens http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/23/124350/407/408/482677
White people can talk, blacks can't http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/16/18111/1059/899/478102
Chasm between races http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/040808dnmetwrightchasm.442a11fb.html
What would Martin say http://www.ebonyjet.com/culture/literature/index.aspx?id=6813
End of Racism? http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1346
The Brand called Obama http://www.fastcompany.com/node/754505/print
Barack Obama Linked to New Controversial Preacher http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,339770,00.html
FOX News Poll: More Than Half Believe Obama Doesn't Share Views of Pastor Wright http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,339949,00.html
Wright lynching http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/23/in-eastor-sermon-trinity-united-pastor-compares-rev-wright-to-jesus/
Martin Luther King, Jeremiah Wright and Hollywood http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,347349,00.html
Obama Condemns Pastor’s ‘Incendiary Language’ http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/18/obama-condemns-wrights-rhetoric-but-defends-ongoing-relationship/
Sticking Up for Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Louis Farrakhan http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,346391,00.html
The Choice of Reverend J. Wright's Church Defines Obama's Character http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_031708/content/01125106.guest.html
White Backlash Against Rev. Wright and Racist Accusations http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=860
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,347969,00.html
Sean Hannity Confronted Over His Relationship With Neo-Nazi Hal Turner http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/23/sean-hannity-confronted-o_n_92961.html
Hannity's Soul-Mate of Hate http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050620/blumenthal
Neo-Nazi Recruitment on ABC's Flagship. http://www.fair.org/extra/9506/grant.html
King still silenced http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-cohen/40-years-later-the-late-m_b_95043.html
Blacks Injected with Syphillis? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-mills/blacks-injected-with-sy_b_92896.html
Different Standards for Black and White Preachers http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/different-standards-for-b_b_92337.html
Flashback: Wright's Letter To NYT About Obama http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/27/flashback-wrights-lette_n_93820.html
Fox News Publishes False "Black Panther" Endorsement Of Obama http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/20/fox-news-publishes-false-_n_92526.html
Is Wright Right About Racism? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/is-wright-right-about-rac_b_93924.html
Obama's Minister Committed "Treason" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/obamas-minister-committe_b_91774.html
Poll: Fifty-Six Percent Say Wright Makes Them "Less Likely" To Vote For Obama http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/17/poll-fiftysix-percent-s_n_91901.html
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/people2/just_8_have_favorable_opinion_of_pastor_jeremiah_wright
What If There'd Been Fox News or CNN During Slavery? http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/04/7902_rev-wright-prophetic-model.html
The Internal Black Debate over Obama http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/04/7861_glenn_loury_pos.html
King's Legacy an Incomplete Picture http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080120/D8U9PS180.html
Obama would have left if Wright stayed http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_el_pr/obama_wright
The race is now about race http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/01/15/EDQ9UFKJL.DTL&type=printable
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0115-13.htm
Fear overwhelming the Democratic party http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=469409
Uncle Jeremiah http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjE3NDc3YTU0ZGM5NGEzZTdkNjcyZjBiNDVjMjU5MGQ=
Does Obama Want to Lose? http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTRlZDEwZjgzYmZjNGU4ODA5NjEwZWVjMTE3N2QxY2M=
Clinton team explains Wright decision http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/26/811896.aspx
Hannity Denies Past Association With White Supremacist But Evidence Suggests Otherwise http://www.newshounds.us/2008/03/20/hannity_denies_past_association_with_white_supremacist_but_evidence_suggests_otherwise.php
Think Barack Obama’s Pastor Reflects Badly On Him? Take A Listen To Sean Hannity’s Former Neo-Nazi/White Supremacist Pal http://www.newshounds.us/2008/03/27/think_barack_obamas_pastor_reflects_badly_on_him_take_a_listen_to_sean_hannitys_former_neonaziwhite_supremacist_pal.php
Putting the lie to the Rev. Wright's 'truths' http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-oppay235622351mar23,0,4554227.column
Is the Media Biased.... Against Obama? http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/03/06/is-the-media-biased-against-obama/comments.aspx
Did Wright Create Obama's "Where's the Beef" Moment? http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000978.htm
Clinton aide: Obama pushing Wright photo "pathetic" Politico.com
Clinton's Wright dilemma http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Clintons_Wright_dilemma.html#comments
Defending Rev. Wright http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Defending_Rev_Wright.html#comments
Facing the Issue of Race in America http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/341451.aspx
Howell Raines says Bill Clinton playing race card http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0408/Howell_Raines_says_Bill_Clinton_playing_race_card.html
McCain campaign crosses signals on Wright http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/McCain_campaign_crosses_signals_on_Wright.html#comments
Obama's church accuses media of character assassination http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=B8BC2AF0-3048-5C12-00FF5C4D53743024
Pushing Wright? http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Pushing_Wright.html#comments
Wright on film http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Wright_on_film.html
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/12/obamas-controversial-pastor-puts-church-in-hot-water/
http://www.foxnews.com/index.html
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Wright_head_on.html
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/Wright_not_quite_viral.html#comments
The difference between Jeremiah Wright and radical, white evangelical ministers http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/17/wright/index.html
How far black America has come http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/06/EDE1VVFSH.DTL
"Why Jeremiah is Wright" http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3695FC3C2CCA3B34
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/04/why-jeremiah-is-wright.php
Why do White People Think Wright Scarier than Hagee? http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/03/why-do-white-people-think-wrig.php
Wright: Is the HIV Remark Also Misrepresented? http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/03/wright-is-the-hiv-remark-also.php
A Nagging Wright Question http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/03/20/an-unresolved-wright-question.aspx
Obama and Wright http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/03/15/obama-and-wright.aspx
Native Son http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/03/31/080331taco_talk_packer/?yrail
Project Trinity. The perilous mission of Obama’s church. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/04/07/080407fa_fact_sanneh?currentPage=all
A House Divided http://www.theroot.com/id/45095
Lest We Forget: An open letter to my sisters who are brave. http://www.theroot.com/id/45469/output/print
Our Jeremiah http://www.theroot.com/id/45301
‘Wrighting’ the Wrongs: Media Coverage Doesn’t Cut It http://www.newuniversity.org/main/article/127
Obama’s Mr. Wright http://www.amconmag.com/2008/2008_04_07/feature.html
Obama's Minister Problem http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120770107738700007.html
Obama and the Minister http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB120545277093135111.html
Obama Repudiates Preacher’s Statements http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/03/14/obama-repudiates-preachers-statements/?mod=googlenews_wsj
Another Angry Black Preacher http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/20/AR2008032003021_pf.html
Comments (22)
You are my kinda research wonk! Great work.
April 26, 2008 4:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
ADD THIS TO YOUR LIST
Rev Wright exploited racism and his congregations naiviete for a $1.8 millioin dollar mansion in a 98% white neighborhood. If he has any other complaints he will need to move to the back of the line.
Now Shut Up Before You Ruin It For Me Too
Oprah
VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE
NOT YOUR GUILTY CONSCIENCE
April 26, 2008 12:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
grazi!
and another
Radio And Records Talk Show Directory
http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRDirectory/Programs_Main.aspx?catId=20&catName=Talk%20Shows
April 26, 2008 11:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
How about this one from Politico:
Obama's Pastor: The Backstory
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9051.html
It always bothered me at the time that a couple of the paragraphs in this story seemed to go unnoticed:
So which opponent was it? There was only 2 at that time - Hillary or McCain. And McCain was the one that had the class to come out on TV and say he knew that Obama didn't share Wright's controversial views. Feb 20th was before the Ohio/Texas primary but after a string of 11 losses in a row for Clinton.
Why wasn't this picked up that Hillary was the one pushing the media to break the Wright story?
April 26, 2008 5:04 AM | Reply | Permalink
thanks for that! I musta been analog that day...
April 26, 2008 11:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Rev, Wright is an extremely irresponsible individual. And this issue will dog Barack Obama for the rest of his life.
Rev. Wright is a racialist. He is obsessed with race and has indoctrinated his congregation with his obsession.
Conspiracy theories, a theology that demands that God destroy whites, accusations that whites have "killed off directly" some of the best and brightest of the black community, a call for 'black ethics' (as if ethics could have a racial component), and on and on.
Rev. Wright is a DISASTER for Barack Obama, and if Obama loses in November, he will have Wright to 'thank' most.
April 26, 2008 8:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
dugan49 don't let the facts stand in the way of your spin.
JackieinCA why wasn't this picked up that Hillary was the one pushing the media to break the Wright story?
Do you think the media is going to do a story that would show them trying to keep Clinton in the race by damaging Obama? And no I don't think they pushed the Wright story or any of the other "controversies" because they favor Hillary or want to see McCain elected. They do it because their ratings remain high as long as there is a contested primary.
April 26, 2008 11:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
dugan49 is an ANT - Aryan Nation Troll.
April 26, 2008 1:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, he is just ignorant.
I have no evidence that he is of Aryan descent or a member of the "Aryan Nation." I will leave it to other to determine his "troll-itude." But what I can make a judgement on is whether or not he is ignorant.
April 26, 2008 3:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
DON'T THOSE NAZI'S MAKE YOU HOT TENA!
Smash Them! Take their burning crosses and crush them! Oh for a world without contrarians! I mean Nazi's!
Do you have any paper on your side?
Man in the next booth
VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE
NOT YOUR GUILTY CONSCIENCE
April 26, 2008 4:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
I especially like your memorable avatar, Ren. It helps me skip right by your every post. Thanks!
April 26, 2008 4:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Rev. Wright’s insinuation that the media (or opponents) was trying to frame him and bring down Obama doesn’t hold up. To think that those clips, regardless of the race of the speaker or political associations, would ever be ignored by the media is naïve at best. The video only broke the story nationwide and sensationalized it. Clinton never pushed this story (though they raised the issue of its effect on electability after the whole thing had come out). The story of Wright was known for a long time and it was only RW blogs and media that were pushing it. The MSM wouldn’t touch it until the video was released by the church on Wright’s retirement. How could any news organization ignore this video?
Moyers and many of the pieces you link to give a broader understanding of Rev. Wright and where he is coming from, but that isn’t Obama's political problem. I didn’t notice a link to the Rolling Stone article published over a year before the clips that detailed Obama’s political problem with his association with Wright and black liberation theology. The question of Obama’s association was there with or without the clips or sound-bites and would have been exposed sooner or later. We’re still trying to answer the question of whether America is ready for a minority or female president. Do you think that America is ready for a president who has had decades of associating with a church and mentor of radical theology or, even casually, with former domestic terrorists or pro-Hamas groups or even his radical Alinsky activism?
There is nothing wrong with Alinsky activism or speaking out for Palestinians (I hope someday that issues like this can honestly be debated in DC). But how will it play in middle America? There is no video of Obama in the pews, joyously chanting along with “God Damn America” but for some it is just as if there were. Obama is not a radical and guilt by association is not fair, but it is a political problem and a question of judgment. He made a fatal error when he didn’t address this before the campaign geared up and completely disassociate with it. I think he could have put it (and the other character-questioning associations) behind him or at least neutralized its effect as a Swiftboat scandal by getting in front of it instead of trying to deny the problem.
April 26, 2008 3:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don, Unless you think that the teachings of Christ are radical, there is nothing radical about Wright's theology. I get the impression that you didn't watch the Moyers interview last night, or you wouldn't still be spouting the exact same right-wing/Hillary talking points that you have been posting here for the past few months.
April 26, 2008 4:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
RATE THIS PBS INTERVIEW
As an explanation for "US of KKK A" I give it an A+ for changing the subject. That was in the bible right?
Sincerely
B. Moyers
VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE
NOT YOUR GUILTY CONSCIENCE
April 26, 2008 4:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sorry, I won't take the bait. I like your fuzzy math, though: Objective criticism = Does not worship Obama = RW talking points = HRC
April 26, 2008 4:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just for the record, I do find the teachings of Jesus to be radical.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
(I'm an atheist, for what it's worth.)
April 26, 2008 5:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
I am a follower of Christ. And for the record, I agree with you.
April 26, 2008 6:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually, in many ways I'd also consider myself to be a follower of Christ. I just don't believe in his divinity. :)
April 26, 2008 7:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
I heard about a white church last week proposing;
White Caucas
White College Reunion
White History Month
Wonder what Rev Wright would have to say about that
April 26, 2008 4:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wonder what Rev Wright would have to say about that
He would probably say that your thinking is flawed as evidenced by the existence of a question that ask "is America ready for a black president."
Guessing that's spoken from a "white" perspective. Or is it spoken purely from an American perspective or a white-American perspective?
Reverse-racism is a myth and not possible. What, adverse measurable effect can the minority have over the majority?
April 27, 2008 2:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
This progrssive church is still working on their mission statement. They plan to be ,"profoundly white" without being "anti" anyone, and totally "pro American".
They of course will be "labeled". Any thoughts or ideas?
Will keep you posted on their progress.
April 26, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Why the media chose to add fuel to that fire, I can only file under racism."
So add yourself to the growing list of people who believe the interest in Jeremiah Wright's words and attitudes is not legitimate and must be racism. I'm not going to argue the point with you. I will simply say that those Obama supporters who cry racism compound Obama's problems by highlighting the divisiveness of his campaign. This is not a new kind of politics. This is the racial politics of guilt and finger pointing. America has had way too much of that in the past, and certainly doesn't need more. We need someone to get us beyond that, and as the rhetoric from his supporters clearly proves, Obama isn't that man.
April 27, 2008 2:45 AM | Reply | Permalink
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