Media puts national spotlight on handful of Uhurus at Obama town hall meeting

This was an exciting event. Gibbs High School was crowded with hundreds of people for over four hours this morning yet the Times and local TV put the focus on the one minute disturbance.


It’s frustrating to see the Times and other media present the myths of this "Uhuru Movement" and ignore facts that conflict.

The Channel 8 coverage is an example of this distorted view. The Uhurus were the focus with Obama’s platform getting just a brief mention before a shot and discussion of him eating Plant City strawberries.

I was there and I saw more white people than black in their group but the reporting continued to describe them as a black activist group. People entering Gibbs walked by a small group that appeared to be white skinheads in black Uhuru tshirts being led in chants by a young black man with a bullhorn.

What is the connection to this white group who outnumbered the few black folk in the group of protesters on 34th Street before the meeting? Were they Nazi or KKK? How are they cooperating with the Uhurus?

Local media do not serve us by hiding this history and printing Uhuru spin. Their success in inciting violence holds back our neighborhood and city. They continue to get a free ride by media on their efforts to incite violence and foster a climate where black on black murder continues unabated.

The reporting followed the pattern of presenting the Uhuru talking points while ignoring any obvious facts that conflicted with the Uhuru message.

The Uhuru message seemed to coincide with the current McCain theme about Obama playing the "race card." No reporter asked if this was merely coincidence. There was no reporting on the long history of Uhurus helping republicans and getting government money in return. They have been a factor in local city elections since the early 90's.

This story covers an earlier anti Obama event.


This video shows them celebrating the attempt to murder police officers. Yet the media present them as a civil rights group.