Shirley Sherrod blames Fox News

Shirley Sherrod recently had a video released of her where she detailed an act of discrimination which she had committed. Sherrod subsequently resigned from her post at the USDA. Instead of taking responsibility for her words, she blamed Fox News and the Tea party for her problems

The USDA employee that was forced to resign Monday as a result of racist comments she made at an NAACP gathering in March has blamed Fox News and the Tea Party for her inability to convince her employers of her innocence.

As NewsBusters reported Tuesday, Shirley Sherrod, the USDA’s Rural Development director for the state of Georgia, delivered a racism-laden address at the NAACP’s 20th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet back on March 27.

On CNN’s “American Morning” Tuesday, after Sherrod said that the video published by Big Government didn’t accurately depict what really happened, host John Roberts asked, “When the U.S. Department of Agriculture came to you and said you have to step down, why didn’t you just say, wait a minute, you don’t know the full story?”

Sherrod amazingly answered, “I did say that, but they, for some reason, the stuff that Fox and the Tea Party does is scaring the administration”

Even if Fox News didn't display the full intention of her story, what she said was blatantly racist. Doesn't matter if she went on to talk about how she helped the next white man because she felt sorry, she still committed a racist act. And why is the administration afraid of Fox News and the tea party? That was a weird statement.