The rapper joined members of the activist groups MoveOn.org and ColorofChange.org to deliver more than 600,000 petitions Wednesday to the network’s New York City headquarters.
Nas, whose new album Untitled was released last week, said in a statement that “Fox poisons the country with racist propaganda and tries to call it news.”
The network responded by saying, “Fox News believes in all protesters exercising their right to free speech including Nas who has an album to promote.” Fox also noted that its anchor Bill Hemmer was scheduled to interview Obama this weekend.
Last month, Fox News referred in a graphic to Michelle Obama, the wife of the Democratic presidential candidate, as “Obama’s baby mama.” Later, the network said a producer “exercised poor judgment” during the segment.
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