Tim Graham took offense when Stephen Colbert highlighted a passage in Laura Ingraham’s parody book “The Obama Diaries,” in which she depicts Michelle Obama as repeatedly eating ribs, as being among “the most hideous, hackneyed racial stereotypes.” Not because Ingraham did anything wrong, but because Colbert pointed it out.
What? All those Chili’s ‘I want my baby back, baby back, baby back’ ads were only designed for black customers?” Graham wrote in an Aug. 4 NewsBusters post. “Obviously, there are more hackneyed culinary stereotypes than that.”
Really? A TV ad with a catchy tune is more offensive than depicting a black woman as obsessed with eating ribs? Is Graham so on-message with the right-wing agenda that he is unable to criticize conservatives for doing something that is obviously questionable?
Graham concludes his post by spinning a conspiracy: “Since these shows are pre-taped and edited, do you ever wonder whether conservatives get some of their slams edited out before the show is aired? Have you ever seen Stewart or Colbert successfully swatted by a conservative? Ingraham’s interview had some slice-and-dice in it, I think.”
Because, you know, conservatives would never do that.