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CNN's Blitzer on Katrina's victims: "They are so black"
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| 1 September 2005
| InfoGuy
Posted on 09/01/2005 7:47:27 PM PDT by infoguy
From CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Thursday, September 1, 2005, covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: (audiotape on file, emphasis mine)
BLITZER: "You simply get chills every time you see these poor individuals, as Jack Cafferty just pointed out, so tragically, so many of these people, almost all of them that we see, are so poor and they are so black, and this is going to raise lots of questions for people who are watching this story unfold."
"And they are so black"?? What is that supposed to mean? Can you imagine if Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity had said this? There would be cries of "outrage" and breathless demands for an apology.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blacks; cnn; iamsoblack; katrina; lamestreammedia; mediabias; racism; wolfblitzer
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It's hard to imagine a Fox News host getting away with a remark like that.
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:47:27 PM PDT
by
infoguy
To: infoguy
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:48:30 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(Jeanine Pirro for Senate, Hillary Clinton for Weight Watchers Spokeswoman)
To: infoguy
I saw that... That freak is one hostile lib.
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:49:12 PM PDT
by
JFC
( President Bush, You are being prayed for along with our country daily, by millions of us.)
To: infoguy
The question it raises in my mind is "Why does Wolf Blitzer still have a job?"
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:49:14 PM PDT
by
American Quilter
(The urge to save humanity is nearly always a cover for the urge to rule.)
To: mhking; rdb3
I just gotta laugh at this.
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:49:26 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
To: infoguy
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:49:29 PM PDT
by
JFC
( President Bush, You are being prayed for along with our country daily, by millions of us.)
To: infoguy
it's only ok to say if you are black, a race hustler, or a democrate.
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:49:34 PM PDT
by
VastRWCon
To: infoguy
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:49:36 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: infoguy
Are we supposed to feel worse because they are black? More guilty? My God, they're people, and they're suffering!
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:50:05 PM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(A living affront to Islam since 1959)
To: infoguy
There are plenty of poor whites wading out of the city.
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:50:06 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
To: infoguy
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:50:13 PM PDT
by
bnelson44
(Scouts Up! http://www.scouting.org/media/katrina/unithelp.html)
To: infoguy
OMG! What is that supposed to mean? He doesn't imagine what people are going to think, he is trying to manage what people will think!
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:50:30 PM PDT
by
ladyinred
(Leftist=Anti American!)
To: infoguy
HOLY CRAP!!!!
I cannot believe he said that! RTFLMBO!!
Oh man, he is so white!
I am floored. wow.
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:51:32 PM PDT
by
NormB
(Yes, but watch your cookies!!)
To: infoguy
I guess they double dip em down there hey wolfie?
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:51:45 PM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Pitchforks and Lanterns..with a smiley face!)
To: infoguy
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:51:47 PM PDT
by
Aznar5
To: infoguy
That's how the Left likes their black people... as victims.
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:52:04 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Gentlemen may cry, "Peace! Peace!" -- but there is no peace. - Patrick Henry)
To: infoguy
Remember when Rush mentioned the race of a quarterback? Remember Jimmy the Greek saying that blacks were better athletes? What happened to them?
To: infoguy
What can I say? The hurricane was a racist.
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:53:03 PM PDT
by
SerpentDove
(In the shadow of the Almighty.)
To: infoguy
What did he expect, Eskimos? It's freakin' Louisiana, f'Petessake!
To: infoguy
Elitist snob.
Another liberal who spouts off about social policy but never sees first hand the havoc that liberalism brings.
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posted on
09/01/2005 7:53:47 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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