Fox News commentator calls Obama a 'skinny, ghetto crackhead' on air

The acrimonious relationship between Fox News and President Obama is well known, and it comes as no surprise that the channel's commentators often take shots at the Democratic leader.

The comments made by one guest on Thursday went to a new low, however, as they likened the President to a 'skinny, ghetto crackhead'.

Brent Bozell, a conservative commentator and guest on Fox News, was discussing bias in the media, citing how liberal MSNBC host Chris Matthews insulted Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and with little to to no backlash.

Fighting words: Brent Bozell (left) said, during a recent Fox News appearance, that President Obama looked like a 'skinny, ghetto crackhead'



Mr Bozell took issue with the fact Mr Matthews said that Mr Gingrich 'looked like a car-bomber' in a video clip this past March.



Mr Matthews repeated the comparison several times, adding that he thought Mr Gingrich has 'got that crazy Mephistophelian grin of his. He looks like he likes torturing.'

Feud: Mr Bozell brought up his remarks when he was talking about an insult Chris Matthews (pictured) made in March

Mr Bozell then argued that similar comments would not be tolerated if said by a conservative critic.

'How long do you think Sean Hannity’s show would last if four times in one sentence, he made a comment about, say, the President of the United States, and said that he looked like a skinny, ghetto crackhead? Which, by the way, you might want to say that Barack Obama does,' Mr Bozell said Thursday.

By adding his own thoughts at the end, Mr Bozell took that theoretical example and turned it into reality.

He was appearing on Fox News as part of guest host Mark Steyn's segment because of his work with the conservative Media Research Center.

The comments do not come at a good time for Fox, as the network is trying to 'cool' it's more controversial and extremist rhetoric. In September, the channel's CEO Roger Ailes said that he was making a 'course correction' at the network in the wake of bad coverage for heated comments by news anchors.



On the President's end, Mr Bozell's remarks are just added to the list of aggressive verbal- and physical- attacks of late. Earlier this week, a failed Tea Party candidate took to Facebook to urge an assassination of the First Family.

In November, a 21-year-old opened fire at The White House in an actual assassination attempt, and he now faces trial.

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Clip of audio from Chris Matthew's show in March, with Mr Matthews saying--

'But he looks like a car bomber. He looks like a car bomber. He looks like a car bomber. He's got that crazy Mephistophelian grin of his. He looks like he likes torturing. I mean look at the guy! This is not the face of a President.'



Mark Steyn: You know I'm not a Newt fan, but I'm not even sure thats- I mean Newt looks like a big, cuddly, slightly older Winnie the Pooh. I mean I don't know how many car bombers Chris Matthews has run into!



Brent Bozall: How long do you think Sean Hannity’s show would last if four times in one sentence, he made a comment about, say, the President of the United States, and said that he looked like a skinny, ghetto crackhead? Which, by the way, you might want to say that Barack Obama does. Everybody on the left would come forward and demand he be fired within five minutes for being so insulting towards a leader of the United States. Well this is the kind of stuff that Chris Matthews- by the way who cares! He's got 48 people watching him so we really should care.



Mark Steyn: That's true.





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