WH Defends Rapper Controversy: Fox News Previously Called Common’s Music ‘Very Positive’
White House press secretary Jay Carney tried his best to tamp down the flames of the ongoing brouhaha regarding the White House’s invitation to the rapper Common, who in the past used controversial lyrics. Carney attempted to make the case that the invitation should not symbolize an approval of everything Common ever said or did, and even tried citing Fox News for some support.
Carney elaborated:
“[President Obama] has spoken out – very strongly against – as an elected official, as an American and as a father against those kinds of lyrics and he opposes them. But he does not think that is the sum total of this particular artist’s work, which has been recognized by a lot of mainstream organizations and fair and balanced organizations like Fox News – which described his music as ‘very positive.’”
It’s a bit awkward hearing Carney categorize news channels by their marketing slogans or derisive nicknames (depending on one’s point of view) with non-Fox News outlets as “mainstream” and Fox News as the “fair and balanced organization.” Yet it’s also enjoyable hearing Carney serve up a new quote that will likely upset Sean Hannity again. Carney concluded Common is “known as a socially conscious hip-hop artist or rapper who has done a lot of good things.” Whether such a statement like that will quiet conservative critics doesn’t seem likely.
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