May 8, 2007 9:17 am US/Eastern
Obama Parody On Limbaugh Show Sparks Controversy
War Of Words Between Talk Host, Sacto. TV Anchors
Sacramento (CBS) ―
Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is fending accusations of racism because of a song about Barack Obama.
The song has aired on Limbaugh's show. He has also gone on the offensive against three anchors at the CBS station KOVR-TV in Sacramento who did a story about the song.
The song "Barak the Magic Negro" was produced for the Rush Limbaugh show by songwriter Paul Shanklin. Limbaugh, according to the website Wikipedia, had referred to Obama many times as "Obama the 'Magic Negro'", each time prefacing the comment by saying title with regard to Obama originated in an L.A.
Times opinion article by freelance writer David Ehrenstein. Before today's show, Chris Burrous, KOVR anchor, says he read an article in a newspaper about a group who found Obama's song racist. After he read the article, he says he immediately went to his computer to listen to the song, but says he hesitated and felt like he should turn down the song because of a black co-worker nearby.
This prompted him to pose the question to viewers of whether viewers thought it was racist. He asked the question on air and also posted a poll on the website asking the same thing. Hours later, the poll was the focus of Rush Limbaugh's show.
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