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Obama's Controversial Former Pastor Criticizes Media at Funeral
April 13, 2008 2:37 PM
ABC News' Jan Simmonds Reports: The Chicago Sun Times is reporting that Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the former pastor of Sen. Barack Obama, fired back at the news media during a Chicago funeral service on Saturday. Wright didn't mention the Democratic presidential hopeful by name but did call out some of his critics, including Fox News commentators Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, at times drawing standing ovations from the 2,500 mourners in attendance.
He said: "Fox News can't understand that. O'Reilly will never get that. Sean Hannity's stupid fantasy will keep him forever stuck on stupid when it comes to comprehending how you can love a brother who does not believe what you believe." Wright also referred to Fox News as "Fix News."
Saturday's funeral at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago was closed to reporters but Sun-Times had a reporter inside the church. The newspaper's Web site Sunday carried a recording of Wright's remarks at a eulogy.
You can listen to the eulogy by clicking HERE:
Wright also made his first public appearance in Norfolk, Virginia today since the furor over his remarks criticizing the United States. He once again made no mention of Obama.
Wright emerged as major problem for Obama after some of his sermons in which he made incendiary comments popped up on the Internet.
April 13, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (460)
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Who'd a thunk it, Rev. Wright hates FOX news...
Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are in good company on this score- along with Hillary, Jews, white-people, and America.
Posted by: Emily | Apr 13, 2008 2:44:24 PM
Amen to that comment fox news back off rev wright topic we're sick and tired of hatred peace,love,joy and togetherness that's what we "America" needs not using media power to break us apart.
Posted by: abdul olufowobi | Apr 13, 2008 2:53:35 PM
I like what Wright had to say.
Posted by: Karen | Apr 13, 2008 2:56:04 PM
That is something that both Hillary and Obama supporters can agree on. FOX News is STUPID!
Posted by: Maritza | Apr 13, 2008 2:58:16 PM
Obama has been saying that words are important. He chooses bad words to describe small town America. What does this say about Obama? Now words don't matter? Do we want such a person for President? It is too risky to gamble on Obama. Hillary should be the candidate against McCain.
Posted by: Jim | Apr 13, 2008 2:59:12 PM
I'd rather listen to Hannity anyday, at least he loves his country. Go Hillary or McCain!
Posted by: Jacko | Apr 13, 2008 3:00:37 PM
He is correct on this.
Posted by: Thinking | Apr 13, 2008 3:02:59 PM
Bash FOX News all you want-- However it must be said they are the only media outlet that has done their job in investigating the Presidental candidates at any length. They exposed Rev. Wright March 2007!!!!!!!! it took mainstream media a year to catch up- can you say political agenda???? Julie
Posted by: Julie | Apr 13, 2008 3:03:05 PM
Pretty clear to me that Hannity defamed the Reverend by taking the worst things this man had ever said and got the entire nation to rally around a "Old Black Men Shouldn't Be Angry" flag.
Thank God for Mike Huckabee, who said in the aftermath of the scandal, that Obama is of a different generation, and why did it take Huckabee to ask the question of how many white men would be angry if they had been subjected to Jim Crow.
Its a question almost no Republican or Reagan Democrat has asked themselves. Would you still feel the same about America if, in your lifetime, you had been riding on the back of the bus, and looking forward to a career as a porter, caddy, or shoe shine man?
Posted by: TadAllagash | Apr 13, 2008 3:03:28 PM
I love it! I just hope he continues to talk at more funerals so he can bury himself and Obama just a little more. why does obama supports keep bringing up the monica issue, oh never mind it is just like bringing up the issue of slavery....isn' all that history? and it wasn't Hillarys affair...it was bill's. however when you bring up wright/obama, everyone wants to say oh thats just obama's preacher....didn't he marry obama and baptize obama's kids?
Posted by: shawnbob | Apr 13, 2008 3:08:34 PM
Did you fools even listen to the Sermon.. Thats the problems with you republicans, you think this country is so perfect you are blind to the fact that there are problems..
Thomas Jefferson wrote that "God will punish America for slavery"
Does that make Thomas Jefferson unpatriotic??
I didn't think so.
Republicans are chumps
Democrats 2008!!
Posted by: Patrick | Apr 13, 2008 3:09:37 PM
Hellooooooooo,it is better wait for obama get the nomination for us to started atacking sadan obama.say nice thing about him for now,thank you helooooooooooo.so call corsevative.
Posted by: andrew | Apr 13, 2008 3:10:07 PM
Patrick,
Let me first say i am a democrat and was for John Edwards.
I agree to some extend what you say but if you listen to the speeches, to blame United states for all the worlds ills is damaging to the candidate Obama in the GE.
Posted by: Indus | Apr 13, 2008 3:15:26 PM
The Rev Wright story is not going away, nor should it. Out of sight, out of mind does not apply here.
Posted by: KURT | Apr 13, 2008 3:18:37 PM
Wright may be wrong sometimes, but he sure nailed this one. Fox News, now THAT'S an oxymoron.
Posted by: JR | Apr 13, 2008 3:19:28 PM
What kind of preacher is he? ... this was said at a funeral? ... and the people applauded? ... aren't funerals supposed to be about the person who died? Is this really a church or a black activist organization ... no wonder NObama finds it difficult to believe that people go to church out of their love of God!!
Posted by: Jackson | Apr 13, 2008 3:19:43 PM
Why hasn't someone in the so called "MSM" tried to find this guy (Wright) and interview him as to his views? Certainly in the past, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and other fundamentalist pastors have been critically questioned by the networks, why not Wright?
Posted by: Todd | Apr 13, 2008 3:20:31 PM
If Rev. Wright is not in Obama's head, heart, and soul he would not have spoke his version of truth when he made his comments about small town America. If that's what Obama and the Rev. (for that matter include the Obama Zombies too) believe, please walk away and help save us Democrats in the General Election. It's nice to say "Obama, get out NOW!".
Posted by: Kenny from CT. | Apr 13, 2008 3:20:58 PM
@ Indus,
You have to listen to the whole sermon to understand it in full context. Rev. Wright did not blame the US for all the world's ill, but he calls out the US on things they are responsible for..
Rev Wright was a nurse in the military, who even helped with the operating on President L Johnson.
Its just very wild that Fox news and their pundits are calling him a racist and his church a separatist church when he has white members and Trinity is part of a church organization lead by a White man.
Posted by: Patrick | Apr 13, 2008 3:23:01 PM
hillary should be kicked out of the democratic party for siding with mccain in attacking obama!
Posted by: milikeyhill | Apr 13, 2008 3:25:28 PM
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