Oh, dear. The BBC's Kevin Connolly recently traveled to Oklahoma and got quotes from Oklahomans about how they hate Obama (well, we ARE the reddest state in the USA, aren'e we?!). One quote was by a "Christian lady" in SW Oklahoma who happily said she doubts that Obama is a Christian or an American and that he is bringing out all the homosexuals and now there are "blacks everywhere!" The poor mayor of Medicine Park has issued a response (most citizens of his community are expressing "revulsion and anger" over the quote. Read his remarks HERE. Hear a portion of the BBC piece HERE.
Thanks, fruMurf, for the Twitter (Medicine Park Blog. Oklahoma Mayor responds to BBC interview about Obama. http://tinyurl.com/dn5mwo)
very unfortunate. honestly, isn't there an ombudsman for the BBC to address the unbalance in reporting. i'll check into it. i know terry gross of npr got into hot water some years back with the npr ombudsman for her treatment of bill o'reilly. not defending o'reilly, but definitely defending fair reporting...
ReplyDeletethis reminds me of david walter's editorial he wrote after the election, which was posted on op ed.com. he warned that the rest of the world would view us like this.
but, i keep saying - 33 percent of oklahoma did vote for obama. but, nobody talks about those numbers. if you have a 33 percent of $1 million, you still have $333,000, and nobody would argue - in oklahoma, that is quite a lot of dough.
thanks, jean. you always keep us informed.