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Fox Sports Apologizes For ‘Welcome To Pac 12′ Video That Only Featured Asian-American Students

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Fox Sports apologized today for what they are calling an “inappropriate” comedy video posted to their website. The video in question depicts “reporter” Bob Oschack (who is actually a comedian) approaching students on the University of Southern California campus and asking them to “give a big old American welcome” to the newly-dubbed Pac-12 members Colorado and Utah. The thing is, he only asks Asian students, many of whom english is not their first language. Rather than hilarity, an uncalled for mocking ensues. Inappropriate to say the least.

“Welcome to Colorado and Utah!” cheers one student enthusiastically, only to be corrected by Oschack that, “no, no, we are in Los Angeles.” Several other students admit that they don’t know much about football, or that they haven’t heard of the Pac-12. All end up looking foreign in a country that loves its football.

Fox issued an apology and pulled the video from their site after Boulder city paper, the Daily Camera, reported its offensive tone.

Fox’s apology:

“We sincerely apologize to President Nikias and the entire USC community for the production and posting of the video. The context was clearly inappropriate and the video was removed as soon as we became aware of it. We will review our editorial process to determine where the breakdown occurred, and we will take steps to ensure something like this never happens again.”

As University of Colorado ethnic studies professor Daryl Maeda points out, “is demeaning to millions of Asian Americans who have put down deep roots in the United States, claim English as their language and root vigorously for their favorite sports teams.” Fox might consider apologizing to more than just the USC community.

Watch the since-pulled video below:

 

 

(h/t Business Insider)

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  • Anonymous

    Thanks to MediaMattersite , we now know that Fox is evil locally , nationally and internationally .

  • Anonymous

    just look at the huge amount of students they had to choose from. that campus was packed!!!

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I can’t say I understand the uproar. I’m sure if FOX were interviewing students at Howard, they would all be White.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EOTQDJK7LUU43OZGQDCXABKJQM patrick m

    Psssst…The NAACP tried to have asians classified as “white” so they didn’t get treated as “minorities” in california schools. Nice try at a BIG CONTROVERSY Mediate. Keep swinging Alice!

  • Moderate

    Jeff Foxworthy should also stop saying You are a redneck if You think the last words toThe Star Spangled Banner are”Gentlemen, start your engines.”

  • DietCokeHead

    You mean there’s a FOX story mediaite is pimping, and you’re not willing to hyperventilate and throw your poop everywhere like Zara is prompting you to do?

    You’re not hearing the dog whistles, champ. Get your ears checked.

  • Anonymous

    FOX started out as a conservative antidote to lefty lamestream media. Now it is lower than whale excrement. Maybe it always was.

  • DietCokeHead

    FOX Sports has nothing to do with FOX News. I listen to FOX sports radio all the time, and they rarely talk politics, and when they do it’s a very mixed bag. Certainly not dominated by either political mindset.

  • DietCokeHead

    Ahhh, I didn’t detect your sarcasm, as I didn’t know Howard was a black university. I should leave that sort of thing to liberals, who live to obsess over arbitrary race quots to eliviate their white guilt complexes.

    Good on you though, for hyperventilating and throwing your poop everywhere like Zara wanted you to.

  • Anonymous

    Why isn’t this funny?  It’s not like he’s making fun of white people.

  • Anonymous

    It’s a sports channel you idiot, not the News Channel.

  • Anonymous

    FOX Sports has nothing to do with FOX News…………………Like Coke has nothing to do with diet Coke.

  • Anonymous

    For once Big Eddie we agree on something,

  • Anonymous

    Nothing compared to that racist Obama making commercials where all the bomb placing terrorists are white guys, not one muslim in the entire spot. 
     
    …but Barack isn’t a white man, ” real ” America hating douchebag….that was merely an oversight.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    What’s a quot, and how does a quot eliviate anything? Why does eliviate mean?

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    What’s a quot, and how does a quot eliviate anything? Why does eliviate mean?

  • Anonymous

    Oh, for FOX sakes.

    Apparently racism is genetic: it runs in the FOXfamily

  • DietCokeHead

    Pardon.. Quota*

    And it’s alleviate. You caught me.

    what does “Why does eliviate mean?” mean?

  • DietCokeHead

    Shhhh,  let’s not spoil his good time by mentioning that Keith Olbermann used to work for FOX sports. Such information might force them to think before barking out their Soros funded talking points.

  • DietCokeHead

    Is Keith Olbermann a racist?

  • DietCokeHead

    Is Keith Olbermann a racist?

  • DietCokeHead

    Is Keith Olbermann a racist?

  • South Park Conservatives

    Obama and big sis make videos protraying white middle class people as terrorist.Done solely to created hate and fear towards white people.Not a peep from this site.

    Someone creates a not so funny video and this site is all over it.

  • Anonymous

    Lol!

  • Sharpo

    south park conservatives is far too stupid to mention that a right wing CHRISTIAN extremist killed a bunch of people in norwayt.

    Are you the same kind of far right wing extremist that would kill a bunch of people, south park conservative?  People are asking questions about you.. you know.

  • Sharpo

    south park conservatives is far too stupid to mention that a right wing CHRISTIAN extremist killed a bunch of people in norwayt.

    Are you the same kind of far right wing extremist that would kill a bunch of people, south park conservative?  People are asking questions about you.. you know.

  • John Smith

    …and all the good, diligent American’s reporting them are non-white. About as realistic as those home security system commercials.

  • Ralph

    Well of course it had to be pulled, but I liked it.  Asians like American culture, are good sports, and have a good sense of humor about themselves.  And they are certainly the future of American education. 

    There is one small error in the description of the report by Mediaite. 

    It didn’t feature only Asians exclusively.  The groundskeeper who was operating a wood chipper is proud American stock.

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