Salon broke this story, and we hope this does not forecast what we can expect from the general election, as news organizations “adjust” to a black Presidential candidate.

An alert reader wrote in just a little while ago to let us know about something he’d spotted on Fox News Wednesday afternoon. During a segment discussing conservative attacks against Michelle Obama, the wife of presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama, the network described the former as “Obama’s baby mama.”

I checked, and sure enough, as you can see below, our e-mailer was right. In fact, that description was displayed on-screen several times during the segment, which featured anchor Megyn Kelly and conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, an FNC contributor.

Source: Fox News calls Michelle Obama “Obama’s baby mama”

Would Fox News call Cindy McCain “McCain’s Baby Mama?” And isn’t it amazing how First Lady Laura Bush got through two Presidential elections and nearly eight years in the White House and she was never called “Bush’s Baby Mama?”

Here is the news report with the caption “Outraged Liberals: Stop Picking on Obama’s Baby Mama!”

Oliver Willis says Hey Fox News, Just Call Her A N***** And Be Done With It, Okay?
Read all of it for both his commentary and that of his readers.

In Obama’s “Baby Mama” Jack and Jill Politics points out the historic indignity of this.

In Young Gifted and Black, Lorraine Hansberry has a monologue from the point of view of a woman who gets solicited by white men who think she’s a prostitute every time she walks home. She says “you could be Jesus and drag” and they’d still be trying to flag you down.

And it’s really true. You can be an Ivy League grad two times over, married with two wonderful children, and some people still can’t see you past the color of your skin to see you as a human being.

Moderate Voice has an extensive roundup of blogosphere reaction. – Michelle Obama Is “Obama’s Baby Mama” Fox News Says

Meanwhile, Michelle Malkin is trying to defend Fox News -”Durbin says: We’re going to hell! Update: The Obama “baby mama” drama”

UPDATE: Politico reports that Fox has responded:

“A producer on the program exercised poor judgment in using this chyron during the segment,” Fox’s Senior Vice President of Programming Bill Shine said in a statement to Politico.

In addition to being insulting, the phrase “baby mama” is also inaccurate. The Urban Dictionary defines “baby mama” as”the mother of your child(ren), whom you did not marry and with whom you are not currently involved.”

Although Shine doesn’t name anyone responsible, the show’s producer is Jessica Herzberg. A Fox staffer said that others internally were bothered by describing the potential first lady and very accomplished women — as the senator’s “baby mama.”

Source: Politico – Fox addresses baby mama drama: Producer used ‘poor judgment’

Fox News Calls Michelle Obama “Obama’s Baby Mama” in the War of Disrespectful and Condescending Words