Journalists Of Color Demand Fox News Apologize For Brian Kilmeade Comments

UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc., a "multicultural coalition of national journalism organizations with an outreach to over 10,000 supporters," has issued a petition calling on Fox News and its parent company, News Corp. to take steps to remedy recent offending remarks made by "Fox and Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade on the show's July 8 episode.

The remarks in question came during a discussion of a recent survey that found that married people in Sweden and Finland are less susceptible to the symptoms of Alzheimer's than unmarried people. Kilmeade disregarded the relevancy of the survey for Americans, saying "we [Americans] keep marrying other species and other ethnicities . . . Swedes have pure genes . . . in America we marry everybody..."

WATCH KILMEADE MAKE THAT STATEMENT HERE

UNITY called Kilmeade's statement "beyond silly and worthy of ridicule", based on "the basest of white supremacist ideologies, the notion that white people and non-white people are of different species, with the white race as 'pure.'"

UNITY has called upon Fox News to "issue an immediate apology for Mr. Kilmeade's offensive comments" and "enter into a serious discussion on the program regarding intermarriage and the value of diversity in our society."

The petition is available online here.

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Comments

[whitehawk]

Fox has all the "White Supremist's" on his show as anchors, except for Shep Smith, I think he's normal. How can they beleive in God and talk like that. What devil worshippers.

[tangelan]

Enter into a serious discussion on the program regarding intermarriage and the value of diversity in our society? That's the one and only time I'd watch this program. I'd love to see them make the attempt at a serious discussion on the subject.

[urweatherman]

Fox would have the MOST knowledgeable, fair and balanced discussion on TV. Check the latest ratings...­..most of us ( not the 160 + commentors here) have made FOX #1.

[jemiltd]

The Fox rating is a fallacy.
Sampling from Nielsen Ratings for 7 -7 09 forward:
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for July 7, 2009

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,494,000 viewers
CNN – 2,071,000 viewers
MSNBC –727,000 viewers
CNBC – 175,000 viewers
HLN – 441,000 viewers

25-54 Total Day
FNC –427,000 viewers
CNN –880,000 viewers
MSNBC –290,000 viewers
CNBC –62,000 viewers
HLN- 211,000 viewers

35-64 Total Day
FNC – 726,000 viewers
CNN –1,009,000 viewers
MSNBC –366,000 viewers
CNBC –93,000 viewers
HLN- 245,000 viewers

Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends- 813,000 viewers (270,000) (510,000)
American Morning-615,000 viewers (288,000) (420,000)
Morning Joe-372,000 viewers (124,000) (224,000)
Squawk Box-152,000 viewers (51,000) (103,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 253,000 viewers (135,000) (195,000)

5PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck– 2,213,000 viewers (487,000) (1,002,000)
Situation Room—3,362,000 viewers (1,372,000) (1,613,000)
Hardball w/ Chris Matthews—1,018,000 viewers (457,000) (600,000)
Fast Money—229,000 viewers (100,000) (123,000)
Prime News–460,000 viewers (196,000) (233,000)

The FOX" news" markets to a specific viewer who prefers biased, cut and pasted jargon and commentary that fits their paradigm versus actual news. The balance of the viewing public is seeking facts and/or like particular purveyors of information so one could make an argument that one audience is split between MSNBC, all of the CNN networks, and Bloomberg, as well as local television newscasts. Combined they always beat FOX, from a market perspective.

[Solja]

There is no such thing as knowledge on Faux Noise, and that includes their viewers. THAT is the one thing that is obvious in the ratings game.

[tangelan]

Did you read this article or are you the comedy relief on the thread? Referring to non-whites as another species is fair and balanced? I guess it would be if you're from the "pure" species.

[lisa36]

Think it has anything to do with a lot of America not being able to get any other national news station on basic cable?!

[avshanbh]

Are his parents related? If they did then I guess they decided to keep it within the family than marrying another "species". Inbreeding can produce retarded children

[WinterParkMom]

Don't anyone hold their breath. This comment was made days ago, and if murdochworld hasn't made any defensive moves and issued their standard non-apology (if it offended anyone we apologize), then they aren't going to.

[poobah]

He has Bachman's syndrome. Consists of having footprints all over your tongue.

[MemphisBuffalo]

He needs to know that it is 2009 not 1909! As someone of mixed race I get to hear this kind of garbage in person. I always smile as I talk about my family and watch the jaws drop.

[kindGSL]

Like his own race isn't mixed.

[frontman9000]

Based on Kilmeade's philosophy, we should all leave America and give it back to Native American Indians. Then it will be back to the gene purity it had for a 1000 years before we got here.

[kindGSL]

Where do the people who are mixed go?

[ConservativeLatino31]

I am a Conservative Hispanic-American. I am proud of my heritage. I am proud to be an American. These remarks were out of bounds. They are insulting and perverse. I like watching Fox, but this individual has always irked me. He should apologize immediately. His remarks were an excercise in ignorance.

[UncleJimbo]

You need to change your affiliation with Conservati­ves...It's like belonging to a Club that doesn't really want you as a member!

[eastcoastprogressive]

Good for you, Kilmead needs to apologize. If the conservatives want to remain relevant they have to accept Latinos and blacks as equals in their ideals, even if I disagree with those ideals. Being conservative goes beyond skin color or ethnicity that is a fact many of my fellow liberals fail to see. We take the vote of Latinos for granted and that is not guaranteed because they are a conservative people in general and will not change because of segregation meme in American politics.

[JayDDrew]

Good for you to point that out. Perhaps someone should tell Michael Steele and Michelle Malkin the same. They really look sad trying to "belong".
Even the lady next to Kilmeade couldn't believe he was stupid enough to say that.

[glesslib]

The conservative movement tolerates minorities, at best. They will never be for you or your causes. If you agree with them on one of two issues, you may need to ask yourself if those particular issues outweigh their general disdain for your heritage.

[atila]

First of all,why?..­..you must be the only Hispanic watching Fox,(I'm Hispanic too)...

[PKatherine]

why are you in the dark side?? Have you heard repub remarks lately. Not very smart. And as a liberal I must admit I have watched fox (still do sometimes) but I only do it because I want to see how wrong they are!!!

[GiannaX]

Why would you contribute to Fox's ratings just to satisfy your morbid curiousity?

[eastcoastprogressive]

Good for you, Kilmead needs to apologize. If the conservatives want to remain relevant they have to accept Latinos and blacks as equals in their ideals, even if I disagree with those ideals. Being conservative goes beyond skin color or ethnicity that is a fact many of my fellow liberals fail to see. We take the vote of Latinos for granted and that is not guaranteed because they are a conservative people in general and will not change because of segregation meme in American politics.

[kindGSL]

I agree with you.

[GeorgeP922]

Ignore the fake shock journalists, and keep an eye on the real enemy.

http://mediamatters.org/columns/200907100029

[glesslib]

I followed your link. What would Mika know about people outside of big cities, and what their concerns are? She's probably never spent more than college years anywhere but NY or DC. Her opinion means less than nothing.

[kindGSL]

What would Mika know about people?

She is friends with Lynn Cheney.

[akena]

I'm so tired of forcing people to apologise. I don't want any more forced apologies. It's annoying!

[mainemomma]

If they don't know enough to apoligize on their own..then they are not sincere, and too stupid to get the point. Just don't watch it.

[robivecchi]

I'm tired of it too. When are they actually going to can someone for this?

[lynettema]

They still need to be called on their c***. I for one am glad that there are people who are exposing those that make inappropriate remarks about others different from them.

[CeeCee]

The only way to stop that is for these talking heads on TV to think before they speak. And if they have little or no intelligence, they shouldn't get a job on the airwaves.

[kindGSL]

You are right, let them do jail time.

[Grant Morrison]

..

How about....

...a boycott of companies that FUND FoxNews. Without advertising, there is no news.

It's like 1963 all over again. Southern crazies speaking in code words, worried that Communists are going to take away their "peculiar institution".

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[Tracy Hale]

Yep.

Boycott the companies.­...its the only thing WE can do, because writing and calling clearly isn't getting it done!

[SpoxLogic]

Boycotts wouldn't work, Grant. Most if not all of Fox sponsors also advertise on MSNBC, CNN, etc, etc. The only way Fox will change is if they start to lose viewership by the hundreds of thousands, and frankly, I don't see that happening.

[Grant Morrison]

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MSNBC and CNN are part of the PROBLEM, also. It's as if the Daily Show is the only unbiased source for information.

WHY is it that the only REAL news I get comes from the FAKE news?

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[kindGSL]

That is not the only way, they could also be found to be in a conspiracy to commit treason.

[mockley]

How long can black journalists hold their breath?

Getting Fox to apologize is like asking a Hippo to dance on two feet.

Btw, I live in Vancouver, Canada and don't get Fox News - apparently I can if I pay extra, but I decided to spend the money more wisely to pay someone to stab me in the eye with a pen. I think you will agree I made the right decision (much less painful).

[mainemomma]

LOL!! I think you should keep your $$ and buy yourself something nice, from a non fox sponsor.

[benji85]

If only us Americans could have that option.

[cindyw]

In which states can humans marry outside their species? I live in Kentucky, and if we can't do it here, it can't be done anywhere.

[JDRNYC]

Funny

[Grant Morrison]

..

As it says in the Bible:

"In the end TImes...do­gs and cats will live together..­..and eat pork."

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[mainemomma]

Can you put that on a T shirt?? You made me laugh so hard I spit my drink all over my husband.

[ckfan]

Ha!

[appacom]

Why bother with Fake News? The best thing would be if everybody stopped watching.

[Totto]

Brian Kilmeade. A name that will remain in Broadcast History, like Cronkite.