Baisden Apologizes, Displaces Blame

After ColorofChange went on the defensive this week in response to Michael Baisden's campaign of insinuations and false accusations that they stole money raised for the defense of the Jena 6, he has apologized bringing Jena-Gate, the stupidest scandal of the year, to a close.

From the letter of apology (some of which he read on air only moments ago):

"The Michael Baisden show and staff were given inaccurate information regarding donations made by the public and David Bowie. We apologize to our listeners and to ColorofChange for not seeking more reliable sources. According to documentation provided by the organization through their web site, all the funds collected by ColorofChange have been distributed to the families as promised."

It was right to apologize.  How could he not?  This story was blowing up. 

But rather than take full responsibility for publicly airing lies to discredit an organization he knew to be innocent he's thrown Marcus Jones (father of Mychal Bell) under the bus for providing false information.  Yes, the information was false, but most of the documentation Baisden has today, he had last week before he started this mess.  He's on the show now patting himself on the back for being "man" enough to apologize, but it doesn't seem very honorable to displace blame on someone you exploited to create your afternoon scandal-of-the-week.

Anyway, I am  gonna call this a victory for the Black netroots.  I read some great posts from Eddie Griffin, Jack&Jill, AAPolitical Pundit, Friends of Justice, Savvy Sister, Afro-Netizen and many more... 

Comments

[jawai]

I'm going to call this a victory for Baisden. This whole series of events, including the apology, was probably scripted last week. It's just plain ol' show biz.

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