July 26th, 2008 | Author: Ismael AbduSalaam
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Pundit Bill O’Reilly has responded to Nas’ protest at Fox headquarters yesterday, calling the demonstration nothing more than a publicity stunt.
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On his show, O’Reilly again took aim at the Queensbridge poet’s lyrics.
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“As you may have heard, that guy [Nas] is accusing Fox News of being a racist organization. This from a person that makes a living peddling the ‘n word’ and violent lyrics to his target audience of children and young adults,” O’Reilly stated last night on his show the O’Reilly Factor. “He is a real champ.”
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O’Reilly further dismissed the media attention the protest received, which was fueled by over 600,000 petition signatures condemning the network’s alleged demeaning actions, such as O’Reilly threatening a “lynching” party on Michelle Obama and the network referring to her as “Obama’s baby mama.”
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“The good news is that very few media have given him attention and those who did don’t deserve your attention, they are corrupt,” O’Reilly claimed.
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Despite Nas’ untitled album’s standing as the number one release in the country, O’Reilly was adamant that the critically acclaimed LP is a disappointment that fueled Nas’ protest.
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“Nas had an obvious agenda. His new album is a bomb, a disaster, a catastrophe, and he desperately wants attention” O’Reilly explained. “Two years ago his last album sold 355,000 copies his first week and this time only 187,000 copies. Not good. I hope I’m not a racist for pointing that out.”
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The feud between O’Reilly and Nas began last year when the controversial commentator denounced Nas as a violent rapper, after the he was scheduled to perform a benefit concert for Virginia Tech victims.
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Nas responded in various print media before an official response on his new album titled “Sly Fox.”
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Yesterday, Nas delivered over 600,000 petition signatures to Fox’s Manhattan headquarters and delivered a short speech criticizing the network as a “propaganda machine” and racist in its coverage of African-Americans.
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Later, the rapper was interviewed by political satirist Stephen Colbert on his show “the Colbert Report” and performed “Sly Fox.”
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There, he once again revealed he would be willing to debate O’ Reilly on their differences.
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Nas’ untitled album was released on July 15 and is currently ranked #1 on Billboard’s top 200 album chart.
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Man I hear you all saying the same thing don’t you have the energy to draw your own conclusion. Mr. O’riley is a man of great dignity and character. He call’s it like he see’s it and he hates showboats. ANd that a good think I hate show boats too. Nas I thought you were supposed to be a man of God? I am not passing judgement I just thought you and I were struggeling in this life together when did you fall out? Real recogonize real ese and I don’t even know you no more homie. Rap music is to explicit and I personally think everyone should chill out and try a route less traveled. So much competition out there. I like to drive my fancy car around. If some one pulls up next to me and wants to race, and I dont want to I slow down or speed up. If that dont work I get off the freeway. If that vato keeps fallowing me I pull over. If he does the same then we got problems. The ways we been living aint working ese. Lets try and get it right.
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sometimes i watch fox just to see how fuckin one sided they are. its terrible. cnn does so much better. and how can o reilly criticize someone for doin a benefit concert??
yea, he’s a fucking ignorant ass hole. how is he still on tv! fuck fox news too.
i’m not watching that shit channel ever again! protestin that bitch
FUCK U Bill O’Reilly RACIST ASS BITCH
I’d love to see Nas get at Oreilly! It would have to be on neutral territory though because Bill loves to control the mic of the person he pretends to be debating. He tried that sh*t with Al Franken, not on the Factor, and Franken verbally stole his a$$!