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Feb 26, 2009 10:04 am US/Eastern

NAACP To Protest News Corp Nationwide Over Cartoon

Demonstrations To Be Held Outside Local Fox Television Stations In More Than 50 Cities

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Click to enlarge 1 of 2: Rev. Al Sharpton, joined by activists, politicians and city residents picketed outside the New York Post building in Manhattan last Thursday.
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Click to enlarge 2 of 2: The New York Post apologized Thursday night to everyone that was offended by their political cartoon from Wednesday's editions.
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Dozens of protests are planned on Thursday nationwide over the controversial chimp cartoon in the New York Post.

The NAACP says demonstrations will be held outside local television stations owned by Fox in more than 50 cities.

News Corp. owns The Post, Fox News and the local Fox stations.

The civil rights organization is calling on the station to protest last week's cartoon, which critics say compares President Barack Obama with a violent chimpanzee shot dead in Connecticut.

The group is also angry at what critics call racial insensitivity and a lack of diversity at the station and the Fox News network.

Rev. Al Sharpton circulated an electronic petition over the weekend asking the FCC to review policies allowing Post owner News Corp. to control multiple media outlets in the same market, and he said he would ask the city to stop advertising in and even subscribing to the newspaper.

"The FCC must impose some checks and balances on these entities," he said in an interview. "It does not serve the public good to have large segments of the public offended."

Rupert Murdoch, Chairman of The Post, claimed responsibility in a written statement on Tuesday, saying 'we made a mistake' by running a cartoon that offended many people.

"Over the past couple of days, I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused," said Murdoch. "At the same time, I have had conversations with Post editors about the situation and I can assure you - without a doubt - that the only intent of that cartoon was to mock a badly written piece of legislation. It was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately, it was interpreted by many as such."

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