Countdown to the predictable reaction:
Rap music discussion and MLK speech celebration on the SAME DAY?!?!?! Cue the Lib Journo #FREAKOUT
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) August 28, 2013
And that reaction followed like clockwork:
@MattBinder so THAT'S what a post-racial society looks like.
— David Wescott (@dwescott1) August 28, 2013
This just happened x15 TL RT @MattBinder How Fox News is handling the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington: pic.twitter.com/qnhISEOc3U
— laura g (@laurabeth57) August 28, 2013
Here's how Fox News covers the 50th anniversary of the march on Washington: fretting about rap music. http://t.co/gHS7XtPGpH
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) August 28, 2013
I don't think it's possible to parody Fox News at this point: http://t.co/xPKEWBK4ym
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) August 29, 2013
Now, for the “reality check.” Here’s what the Fox News segment revolved around:
The much-mocked Fox News "rap music" chyron was about this Juan Williams piece: http://t.co/z93Sz9jtCt – which, frankly, makes a good point.
— Damian Penny (@damianpenny) August 28, 2013
Shorter version of this story: “Liberals mock liberal columnist.” Williams is also a Fox News commentator, but he doesn’t exactly hail from the Right.
I just LOVE seeing all the Fox-bashing libs make complete fools of themselves in their feckless race to seem progressive about race.
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) August 28, 2013
Good times indeed.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
