Link thanks to a friend on Livejournal.

Meanwhile, over at her personal site, Michelle “Fox News’ Ethnic Shield” Malkin defends Fox News’ use of the “Baby Mama” phrase by essentially making two arguments. First, Michelle Obama once called Barack Obama her “baby’s daddy,” and as we all know, a married woman factually and correctly calling her husband her child’s father is exactly the same as a major news organization calling a potential First Lady some chick what got knocked up on a fling. Second, the term “baby-daddy” has gone out into the common culture; heck, even Tom Cruise was called Katie Holmes’ baby-daddy, you know, when he impregnated her and she subsequently gave birth while the two were not married, which is exactly like what happened between Michelle and Barack Obama, who were married in 1992 and whose first child was born six years later.

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3 Comments

  1. deeleigh
    Posted June 12, 2008 at 1:09 pm | Permalink

    Holy fuck. That’s unbelievable. What made them think that was appropriate or acceptable?

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  2. rebecca
    Posted June 12, 2008 at 4:13 pm | Permalink

    Sigh.

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  3. Laura
    Posted June 13, 2008 at 1:53 am | Permalink

    Holy fuck. That’s unbelievable. What made them think that was appropriate or acceptable?

    Um, racism. Racism made them think that was acceptable – a power structure where white people look down on black people, and try to control their sexuality and reproduction, and an audience for Fox News that wants that power structure replicated. Frankly, I’m not surprised at all.

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