Fox News ’63: Racist Communists Invade Nation’s Capital
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August 28, 1963
WASHINGTON — The tranquility of our nation’s capital was disturbed today as some 250,000 plus negroes invaded and occupied the Lincoln Memorial. Led by domestic terrorist Martin Luther King (recently profiled in Fox News’ “King Coming For Your Daughters” special) the assembled thugs demanded an end to the traditional values of segregation and racism that have kept America strong. Many of those in attendance seemed to have an almost cult-like devotion to King, singing the threatening spiritual “We Shall Overcome”, the defacto anthem of this violent splinter group.
While much of the mainstream media devoted airtime to King’s effort to destabilize the U.S. government, fair and balanced Fox asked Remington Letorneau, Vice President Southeast of the United Ku Klux Klan for a statement. “King is just like what Bill O’Reilly said about him. An ornery nigra bent on world domination. And the media pretends like he’s asking for… ‘equality’”. Letorneau also made a point to tell our reporter that he and the other members of his local Klan Lodge only watch Fox News, in order to be told how to think.
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Oh, I get it..Republicans are racist! And so is Fox News! Real original. Taking political discourse to a higher level!
Oh, I get it..Republicans are racist! And so is Fox News! Real original.
Not original, although the presentation is striking. It is, however, true.
I don’t doubt for a second that if FOX had been around back then this would be an almost word-for-word transcript of their broadcast.
Yeah, I’m going to wash my Klan sheets from last night as we speak.
Don’t forget the pacifist homosexual interracialist helping organize the whole thing! I hear he’s a Quaker, too. . .
So Fox News would be bashing Martin Luther King, the Republican? Heh.
Nice try, Gabriel McKee. But no, MLK was not a Republican.
http://blogs.chron.com/lisafalkenberg/2009/07/more_proof_mlk_wasnt_gop.html
Spot on, Oliver.
So Fox News would be bashing Martin Luther King, the Republican? Heh.
You are conflating a political brand (Republican) with political ideology (the wingnut, racist right). Since Tricky Dick ushered in the era of the Modern Republican Party, the two are indistinguishable. In 1963, not so much, what with, for example, the lingering racist Dixiecrats. Would you like to learn what became of them?
http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/Videos
Sorry, because some Democrats switched sides decades ago doesn’t make the Republican Party’s platform racist. Economic opportunity, entrepreneurship, school choice in urban areas, anti abortion…There’s nothing racist about those ideas.
Well its on the black republican website. How could it be wrong? MLK was not a conservative. He was a liberal. Liberals used to be in both parties, esp. the GOP. Then LBJ signed the civil rights act, and conservatives left the Dems. The GOP welcomed the racists with open arms.
I guess all Democrats are racist too since you guys support an organization founded upon racism (Planned Parenthood).
Ah, the ole Margaret Sanger was a bit of a nutter, so her organization must be evil too. Nice try.
Deeds, not words. Republican conservatives elevated a man to Minority Leader who said that things would be a lot better if Strom Thurmond would’ve been elected President and also appeared in the newsletter of the CCC. Republican conservatives recently elected a young Republican who said “right on” to a message saying America needed to take government back from the “coons and the illegals.” Republican conservatives have to deal with racist e-mails sent by a new Republican operative every couple weeks. Republican conservatives post on message boards attacking the President’s daughter simply for wearing a peace sign t-shirt. Republican conservatives in the Senate act like Sonia Sotamayor is the first Latina woman they’ve ever met who isn’t cooking them dinner or cleaning their floors.
Now, are all Republicans racists? Of course not. But, after this election, I’d say 99% of the racists either voted for John McCain or at the very least, thought he was lesser of the two evils.
As Oliver said, there used to be liberals and conservatives in both parties. The black vote was actually pretty even until FDR an even then, they still had a shot during the 60′s if they didn’t go full on Southern Strategy. Every Republican who voted for the CRA would be called a RINO on Rush Limbaugh today and RedState would try to primary them.
Sorry, because some Democrats switched sides decades ago doesn’t make the Republican Party’s platform racist.
But the Southern Strategy does (why do you think the racist Dixiecrats switched sides anyway?). Really.
Also, what O-Dub and Mr. Ewiak said.
Now go read something so you don’t sound so goddamn stupid. Really.
This is Frank DiSalle reporting from the scene of the March. The Left would have you believe that the March was organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. to advance his agenda. Thus, the people that oppose that agenda can be seen as racists that oppose Negro unity.
But FDN (Frank DiSalle News) wants you to know that this march was organized, for the most part, by two moderates, A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin. A. Philip Randolph had planned a similar March in 1941. To head that March off, FDR signed XO 8802 which banned discrimination in the Federal Government. Fearing the appearance of acquiescence to “black power” in 1963, the March is going on as planned.
It is rumored that Bayard Rustin is gay, and doesn’t want his family’s reputation besmirched by being labeled as the leader of this powerful expression of voter unity and strength.
More historical perspective will follow to squelch the left – originated rumors and revisionist history.
“So Fox News would be bashing Martin Luther King, the Republican? Heh.”
“I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective — the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income.”
Still wanna claim him?:)
Conservatives have – and always had – a rather shaky ground to stand on where civil rights are concerned, but this stupid tap dance about the positions they took during the Civil Rights Movement is insulting. If you want a good idea of what conservatives felt, just go to the writings found in William F. Buckley’s National Review. There, James J. Kilpatrick wrote a month after the March on Washington about the Civil Rights Bill: “I believe this bill is a very bad bill. In my view, the means here proposed are the wrong means… In the name of achieving certain ‘rights’ for one group of citizens this bill would impose some fateful compulsions on another group of citizens.” He also once wrote: “Segregation is a fact, and more than a fact; it is a state of mind. It lies in the Southern subconscious next to man’s most elementary instincts, for self-preservation, for survival, for the untroubled continuation of a not intolerable way of life.”
In 1965, Will Herberg wrote on the LA riots of that time, and blamed Martin Luther King, Jr., saying: “For years now, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and his associates have been deliberately undermining the foundations of internal order in this country. With their rabble-rousing demagoguery, they have been cracking the ‘cake of custom’ that holds us together. With their doctrine of ‘civil disobedience’ they have been teaching hundreds of thousands of Negroes … that it is perfectly all right to break the law and defy constituted authority if you are a Negro-with-a-grievance… And they have done more than talk. They have on occasion after occasion, in almost every part of the country, called out their mobs on the streets, promoted ‘school strikes’ sit-ins, lie-ins, in explicit violation of the law and in explicit violation of the public authority. They have taught anarchy and chaos by word and deed …”
In 1957, in an article title “Why the South Must Prevail” Buckley himself, representing National Review, wrote: “The central question that emerges … is whether the White community in the South is entitled to take such measures as are necessary to prevail, politically and culturally, in areas in which it does not prevail numerically? The sobering answer is Yes — the White community is so entitled because, for the time being, it is the advanced race. It is not easy, and it is unpleasant, to adduce statistics evidencing the cultural superiority of White over Negro: but it is a fact that obtrudes, one that cannot be hidden by ever-so-busy egalitarians and anthropologists.”
And that is just what can be found online on the fly. There are more similarly disgusting passages in the National Review that can be found at any library that carries archived issues of the magazine. Many of those as well as the above sentiments have indeed been applied by conservatives today when addressing civil rights concerns, including where they try to suggest that they are special rights. Gabriel McKee links to the National Review on he blog he provides as a link here,calls Buckley “the most imporant figure of modern conservatism.” Well Gabe, unless you can find any other conservatives of his stature at that time (and not later when they are trying to remain relevant) that went against this way of thinking, this is what people saw when they saw conservatism and racial matters at the time of the March on Washington, not “Economic opportunity, entrepreneurship, school choice in urban areas, anti abortion.”
Oh, and for the record, Martin Luther King, SR. was indeed a registered Republican. That of course, was when the GOP was a little more liberal than the Southern Democrats of his day.
Man, do I have to remind you guys of everything? All those words attributed to Dr. King – never really happened. Martin Luther King descended from Mount Olympus, said only that people should be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character, which confirmed his opposition to affirmative action, then reascended to the heavens. That’s the only thing he ever said. In fact, it’s one of three things that black people have ever said ever; the other two are when Chris Rock used the n-word (making it open season for white folks to ask why he can say it and they can’t) and when Jesse Jackson said his only word ever, which was “Hymietown”, proving that black folks are just as racist as white Republicans. Also, Robert Byrd founded the KKK. Anyone who disagrees with these unalienable facts can take it up with my homeschool teacher.
‘Oh, I get it..Republicans are racist! And so is Fox News! Real original. Taking political discourse to a higher level’
Unlike FOX itself, which has already been lauded by everyone as the hallmark of journalistic integrity.
‘Yeah, I’m going to wash my Klan sheets from last night as we speak.’
Right on; though you’ll probably never get the urine stains out from the night of Obama’s landslide victory.
‘I guess all Democrats are racist too since you guys support an organization founded upon racism (Planned Parenthood).’
Wow; congratulations on one-upping your already lunatic fringe posts.
One more component to the Fox story: the courts that are ruling against segregation are composed of “liberal activist judges.” Does anyone doubt that that’s what Fox commentators would have said?
What is this post? Just felt like slinging some racism poo?
[...] Willis boards the time machine. [...]
It’s called “satire,” Buzz.
What an apt screen name.
Of course, Buzz, when you can’t find REAL racism, you pretend that FOX would have been racist in 1963. Of course, television was different then. The “News” was shown during the NEWS.
Interestingly, it was Walter Cronkite, who just recently died, who blurred the line between “news” and “entertainment” in November of 1963 when CBS launched “continuous coverage” of “News” from the “Kennedy assassination”, fueled by the search for Oswald and the subsequent shooting by Jack Ruby.
It’s funny that people are accusing Oliver of portraying Fox as racist. People who complained about MLK, Jr. and the marches would have explicitly denied being racist at all and instead would complain about the fact that people were “stirring things up” and that Communists were messing with our national harmony, causing all of this agitation for so-called “civil rights.”
And those are the sorts of people whom Fox News takes their cues from today and the sort of accusations they make about those who disagree with movement conservatives.
What is this post? Just felt like slinging some racism poo?
Well, it’s not like he can write about how well the stimulus is working or any other economic news, so flinging racism poo is pretty much the only trick he has left.
Fox’s endless attacks against ACORN prove they only want white people to vote.
Fox’s endless attacks against ACORN prove they only want white people to vote.
Well actually they only want priveleged white people to live but they’ve gotta start somewhere….
Well actually they only want priveleged white people to live but they’ve gotta start somewhere….
Not true. They need non-whites to raise their children, mow their lawn, change their oil, clean their toilets.
Does anyone doubt that that’s what Fox commentators would have said?
Well, Judge Sotomayor was a ‘liberal activist’ for obeying precedent. So yeah, no doubt in my mind whatsoever. Also mainly because ‘activist’ is another way to say ‘rules against the conservatives’ preferred political outcome.’
I hear he’s a Quaker, too. . .
I totally did not know that. Thanks, Robert!
Most of you have no idea of what it was like back then. Why? Because you can not distinguish between the revisionist history you have been spoon fed by dopey professors, the bunk the Democrats made up, and the stories the media have made up to make themselves look like the heroes of the recent past.
Here are the “Leaders of the March” from a Life Magazine Aug 28, 1963 photograph :
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/b9b5646123329785_landing
Want to see some real history?
Go to Google Images …
Once you get there, type in whatever you are searching for, then add
source:life
You will get pictures of your searched items from Life magazine.
What’s your point Frank? That there were white folks in the civil rights movement, as well? I don’t think anyone here would argue with you.
But if you’re going to argue that MLK’s agenda somehow wasn’t civil rights, that he somehow co-opted the March from those honest, moderate white folks who just wanted, what was it you said, “voter unity”? Whatever the hell that means.
And, for the record, some of us were around back then.
That there were white folks in the civil rights movement, as well? I don’t think anyone here would argue with you.
Though some would argue that the folks in the Civil Rights Movement (white and non-white alike) were conservative and not liberal. Those people are stupid buffoons of the highest order. I’m talking Gabriel McKee order, here.
I guess there was a huge sale at WalMart on scare quotes, huh? Too bad they weren’t having the same sale on anti-psychotics.
Most of you have no idea of what it was like back then. Why? Because you can not distinguish between the revisionist history you have been spoon fed by dopey professors, the bunk the Democrats made up, and the stories the media have made up to make themselves look like the heroes of the recent past.
I do, because it affected so many of my friends and classmates. It happened just after I graduated from the only high school in my county with a significant proportion of Black students, about 20%. The student body president in my senior year was Black. Racial issues were a hot topic in our school, but there was very little racism, and MLK was an icon of the times.
It was a CIVIL RIGHTS march. There were white participants, but anyone who suggests that the march was not about civil rights is either crazy, never read history, or didn’t live through those times.
David in NYC : I write comments for literate participants. I didn’t know you’d be showing up today.
And, yes, there were conservatives in the civil rights movement. I was very young, but I sympathized with the movement, from the standpoint of personal freedom. When, in 1964, Sen Humphrey promised that there would never be affirmative action or quotas, many of us believed him.Having made many visits down south, I was aware of what it was like down there.
The March was not about MLK, the speech made him a “star”. The Communist connection? A ruse by Hoover to assemble a dossier on King.
Again, Frank, I ask what is your point?
The March was not about MLK
Who said it was?
the speech made him a “star”
And rightly so.
S Q : I was adding some contemporary perspective to the event. Remember, this was supposed to be how FOX would have covered the event. I was attempting to make it “fair and balanced”.
Who said it was [about MLK] ?
The introduction to the ‘blog entry, and by about 1965, nearly everybody. Randolph and Rustin were virtually forgotten.
the speech made him a “star”
And rightly so.
Therefore, he was not a star either before or during the event.
So, the event would not have been “[l]ed by domestic terrorist Martin Luther King”, nor would FOX have profiled the unknown Rev King, or suggested that he was “Coming For Your Daughters”.
I didn’t learn about this myself until 2002, when I saw a movie about the life of A Phillip Randolph.
Sheesh. Tough crowd.
[...] Willis imagines what might have happened if Fox News had been around to cover the March on Washington in 1963: “The tranquility of our nation’s capital was disturbed today as some 250,000 plus negroes [...]
Frank, you’re a shitty writer, and your attempt to imitate Oliver came across as more of a poor attempt at imitation, rather than a stylistic homage. And it’s really just about impossible to say what your point really is.
Apparently he was so unknown that John F. Kennedy personally called his wife to intervene and ensure that he would be released safely. I suppose you could be arguing that Fox would have been at the time completely unaware of anyone involved in the civil rights movement. You yourself seem to think that the march had nothing to do with civil rights, instead being about “voter unity.”
What it gets down to, Frank, is that Oliver is a good writer, and you’re a shitty one.
Two points about your comment at 8:16, Frank.
One, why the quotes around “Kennedy assassination?” Are you suggesting he wasn’t assassinated? Or that it wasn’t Kennedy?
And two, all three networks went to all-Kennedy, all the time after the assassination, not just CBS. I know, I was there, too. Only nine, but I remember that weekend very well.
I used the quotes because there was no program name, as we use today, such as “A Death in Dallas”, or “A President Dies”.
If Mr Cronkite’s coverage were not the most riveting, perhaps you can tell me the name of NBC’s and ABC’s commentators for those few days? I sure don’t recall, and I was 17, and a college freshman, although we didn’t rely too heavily at the time on television for news. People who watched television and listened to the radio and read the newspapers passed on the news in the Student Union and the Dormitories. Remember when this was.
Tyro, your complaint is meaningless. It was mostly “cut and paste”. What it gets down to, Tyro, is that Oliver is occasionally inaccurate, but you are always an ass.
Frank, is there any news event that would justify continuous coverage in your eyes? Apparently a presidential assassination does not meet your standard. We must forgive Walter Cronkite for his poor news judgment, thinking that Kennedy’s assassination was a big deal! Until Frank (who was alive then) told us just now, who knew that people wanted only the initial bulletin, and then back to their regularly scheduled programming?