Hip-hop artist Nas protests Fox coverage of Obama

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Nas doesn't like FOX news
Published 7/24/2008 at OH NO!!
... says. MoveOn.org, a liberal public advocacy group, and ColorofChange.org, an online group of black activists, said the petition signatures were gathered online in the past month. Andre Banks, a spokesman for ColorofChange.org, said that after Fox refused to take the petitions Wednesday afternoon, Nas took them to Comedy Central's The Colbert Report. Fox couldn't immediately say whether security guards at their midtown building accepted the petitions. sauce: http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-07-23-nas-fox_N.htm

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Published 7/24/2008 at Celebritology
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Published 7/24/2008 by Ann Oldenburg at USATODAY.com - Lifeline Live
... says new talk show host Wendy Williams is a "scandalmonger." ... Fox had some biting words for hip-hop artist Nas , who is protesting the network's coverage of Barack Obama. ... Josh Brolin ...

Nas Protests Fox News Over Racist Coverage
Published 7/24/2008 by Jen Chung at Gothamist
... In turn, Fox News said, "Fox News believes in all protesters exercising their right to free speech including Nas who has an album to promote." Nas also appeared on The Colbert Report last night. Before his interview with the Nas (who explained the controversial original name for his upcoming album), Stephen Colbert had gave some background to the feud between Colbert and O'Reilly. Videos after the jump: ...

THE MEDIA ERUPTS: Nas on ‘The Colbert Report’
Published 7/24/2008 by DB at No Fact Zone
... Haters Ball. College on the Record: Nas also made an appearance on The Colbert Report to discuss the petition and perform “Sly Fox”, a song lovingly dedicated to his favorite news channel. To college students, Stephen Colbert is a demi-god of sorts - many students looking to him for their news. So kudos to Nas for chatting with Colbert, he just gained about a gazillion more petition signers! Associated Press (via USA Today): The network responded by saying, “Fox News believes in ...

Nas & Color of Change.org Protests FOX News!
Published 7/25/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (RB) at VoteMeCool
... A Protest was held Tuesday in front of the network's NYC headquarters where a petition with more than 600,000 signatures was delivered to FOX officials. ...