{"id":7458,"date":"2006-05-19T12:33:06","date_gmt":"2006-05-19T16:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=7458"},"modified":"2006-05-19T12:33:06","modified_gmt":"2006-05-19T16:33:06","slug":"gibson-clears-up-that-racist-unpleasantness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/gibson-clears-up-that-racist-unpleasantness\/","title":{"rendered":"Gibson clears up that racist unpleasantness"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week ago, Fox News’ John Gibson raised a few eyebrows<\/a> when he seemed to encourage white people to do their “duty” and “make more babies.” Yesterday, Gibson tried to explain<\/a> what he meant and respond to the criticisms.<\/p>\n

During his May 16 “My Word” segment, Gibson claimed there are “[s]ome misunderstandings” regarding his May 11 comments, adding that he’s “been accused of being a racist.” Gibson explained: “My concern was simply that I didn’t want America to become Europe, where the birth rate is so low the continent is fast being populated by immigrants, mainly from Muslim countries, whose birth rate is very high.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, now I understand. Gibson wasn’t being bigoted, he simply didn’t want white people in the United States to be outnumbered by people from Muslim countries. How could anyone find prejudice in such a sensible concern?<\/p>\n

Gibson added, “I said … it was also a good idea if people other than Hispanics also got busy and have more babies. Those people would include both blacks and whites. I suppose Asians, too.”<\/p>\n

“Suppose”? Unbelievable.<\/p>\n

That’s FOX News — F<\/u>ocus o<\/u>n X<\/u>enophobia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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