Posts Tagged Barack Obama
Tony Yayo - Obama
Jan 9
Earlier today, United States President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (Congratulations).
News outlets on both sides of the Atlantic have weighed in. I’ve seen correspondents on BBC News who feel giving the award to President Obama is a little premature.
Tweets across the world have also weighed in on the situation including Asher Roth (Thanks to the Urban Daily for the screenshot)
Since this tweet, I’ve seen people on twitter calling Asher a racist.
I dont think Asher Roth is a racist because his remark has got nothing to do with race. He just feels that Barack Obama isnt deserving of the award.
That’s what I’ve been hearing all day from news correspondents. The only difference is Asher used the words “by just talking shit”.
At what point does Asher talk about President Obama’s skin colour or race? He doesnt. He just voiced his opinion. Do I think Obama has just been talking “shit”? No I dont.
United States President Barack Obama has apparently called Kanye West a “jackass” over the rapper’s outburst during the MTV VMA’s on Sunday.
West had interrupted Taylor Swift’s award acceptance speech but now it seems that President Obama has weighed in on the situation.
According to the Huffington Post, the President made an off-the-record remark during an interview with CNBC but it somehow made it on to twitter.
ABC reporter Terry Moran wrote on the social networking site,
“Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a ‘jackass’ for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT’S presidential.”
In response to this, Rap Radar has posted up ABC’s statement on the incident,
In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from an off-the-record portion of the interview. This was done before our editorial process had been completed. That was wrong. We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again.
On Thursday, July 16, 2009, Shadow Play Entertainment, Conversations Book Club and the Hip Hop and Books Literacy Campaign proud presents the town-hall style meeting “HIP HOP UNDER OBAMA: Change We Can Believe In?”
This will take place at the Margaret Walker Alexander Library in Jackson,MS (across from Westland Plaza) beginning at 5:30p.m.
“The discussion will cover how the Hip Hop Community has reacted to the election of Obama through its music, the way it addresses issues affecting them as well as in its outlook for the future,” says Cyrus A. Webb,33, President of the Hip Hop and Books Literacy Campaign.
Visit www.best-of-ms.org for more information or contact Stanley Clark at 601.559.3463 or Cyrus A. Webb at cawebb4@juno.com.
Spotted this link over at nahright
Jon Stewart’s ‘The Daily Show’ took a stab at Grading Barack Obama’s First 100 Days. CNN had a programme yesterday where they graded the U.S. President on a number of topics and issues.
I have no idea what the CNN news reader was thinking talking with ‘Swagger’.
I watch the Daily Show everyday and for viewers in the UK, this should be on today’s episode.
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CNN is launching The CNN National Report Card: First 100 Days on Wednesday, April 29 (8pm ET). This show is for viewers to rate President Barack Obama on his first 100 days.
Led by anchors Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, John King and Soledad O’Brien, the show will gauge the public’s opinion on how President Obama and other elected officials have handled their first 100 days in office, as well as how the country is progressing on significant issues.
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