(2-8-2010) Martin Bashir, who calles himself a journalist, may be best known for his "Living With Michael Jackson" interview where he painted the King of Pop more as a monster than as the loving, talented musical genius that he was. Now it seems Bashir has ticked off yet another music superstar.
In Vibe Magazine's August/September issue Rap mogul, Shawn "Diddy" Combs is asked about his interview with Bashir and responds by calling the journalist a racist. Diddy said,
“There were times in the interview when I had to give him an ultimatum. The questions weren’t being handled the right way. In hindsight, when I saw him I shouldn’t have done the interview because I know the style of interview that he does. The whole thing about giving a Maybach to my son, that’s really like a racist question. You don’t ask White people what they buy their kids. And they buy ‘em Porsches and convertible Bentleys and it ain’t no question. It’s really a racist question and put things back in perspective with money and the way that people still look at you. And I’m not saying that consciously he’s a racist. But he probably don’t even realize that he would not ask Steve Jobs that. He would be like Steve Jobs has that money and that’s the gift his kid is supposed to get.”
Diddy is, of course, refering to the question Bashir asked him about buying his son a $360,000 car for his 16th birthday - a decision that Diddy defended by saying, "I could do whatever I want to do [for my children] and you can't question me about it."
When Diddy went on to say that all of his children deserved more of his personal time, Bashir actually had the nerve to respond by suggesting that having six children by different women was setting a bad example.
MJFC just wants to know, can anyone tell us WHY this man is allowed to work as a "journalist" on national TV?
Source: MJFC / nydailynews.com
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