In response to an article in The Hill detailing rifts in the CBC over support of the debate, Rep. Bernie Thompson (D-Miss) is insisting that no such disagreement exists. The issue with the CBC/Fox debate is not party politics, the issue is that Fox News has consistently sought to portray African-Americans with contempt. Color of Change relays quite accurately in a response sent to The Hill that "liberal activists" aren't the only ones who are concerned. How telling is it that even within his letter, Mr. Thompson has employed the language of Fox News in caricaturing his critics as partisan extremists?

Over at Jack and Jill and Field Negro, a point about the late Jerry Falwell is being made that has escaped the mainstream media. Namely, his support of segregation and his opposition to miscegenation, as well his support of South African Apartheid.