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         On Oscar Controversy, Obama Asks: Everyone Getting Fair Shot?

   by Associated Press

   President Barack Obama has weighed in on the outcry over two straight
   years of all-white acting nominees for the Academy Awards.

   Obama says the Oscar debate is an expression of a broader issue: "Are
   we making sure that everybody is getting a fair shot?"

   Obama spent part of Wednesday talking to local television stations
   about ramping up enrollment for health insurance coverage. But the ABC
   affiliate in Los Angeles, KABC, asked Obama about this year's Oscar
   controversy.

   The Academy Awards take place next month. Some are calling for boycotts
   because no acting nominees were black.

   Obama says the film industry should do what others should do as well:
   "Look for talent and provide opportunity to everybody."
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