As Media Matters reports, FoxNews host E.D. Hill teased an upcoming discussion of political body language on the June 6 edition of her show, America's Pulse, by offering the following on Barack and Michelle Obama's now-famous knuckle bump: "A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently." In the ensuing discussion with Janine Driver, introduced by Hill as a body language expert, Hill again referred to the "Michelle and Barack Obama fist bump or fist pound," adding that "people call it all sorts of things" (though I know of no one else who has called it a "terrorist fist jab"). Further revealing her vast ignorance, Hill went on to ask Driver: "Is that sort of a signal that young people get?" At no point during the discussion did Hill explain her earlier reference to a "terrorist fist jab" (see video). Given the complete lack of any basis whatsoever on which to make such a suggestion, it could only have been a clumsy attempt to plant suspicion of Obama in the minds of her viewers. Meanwhile, as Media Matters further reports, Fox host John Gibson insulted a black caller on his June 6 radio show as follows: "You don't know what Barack Obama stands for. You just like him because he's... like you and you want to see one of you up there, and you don't care what he stands for" (hear audio). As Media Matters observes, this is not the first time Gibson has insulted a black caller on the subject of Barack Obama. On April 9, Gibson told a caller: "You're sticking with Obama, because he's... a brother.... He is lying to your face but he knows you are so... you so identify with him on the basis of race, you will not even see the lies." These are desperate tactics, loser's tactics, but I suspect we'll see a lot more of the same between now and November 4.
Updated: Wednesday, 11 June 2008 2:29 AM BST
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