Posted on 08/29/2012 8:46:07 AM PDT by blam
Two RNC Attendees Threw Nuts At A Black CNN Employee And Said, 'This Is How We Feed Animals'
Brett LoGiurato
Aug. 29, 2012, 9:32 AM
Two spectators at the Republican National Convention were kicked out Tuesday after allegedly throwing nuts at a black CNN employee and saying, "This is how we feed animals," according to a CNN report this morning.
CNN did not have any further official comment beyond its short report. The convention released this statement this morning:
“Two attendees tonight exhibited deplorable behavior. Their conduct was inexcusable and unacceptable. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated."
The story was first extensively reported by Talking Points Memo. And TPM editor Josh Marshall notes that CNN didn't report on it until almost 8 a.m. this morning:
There’s a normal and correct tendency for a news outfit not to want to make itself into the story. But this goes way beyond that and puts CNN in an exquisitely awkward position. CNN has been bending over backwards of late trying to position itself as the last holy beacon of objectivity and fairness in cable news, as Fox and MSNBC play to more clearly partisan audiences. Meanwhile, they’re under almost constant assault from conservatives for alleged (and basically mythical) liberal bias.
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I’m not being overly sensitive. There was a reason, in your mind, that you chose Alabama as an example in a racist related story. Why didn’t you choose, say, Idaho? They don’t even have any black people! Seriously, though, out of my own curiosity, where are you from?
I was going to put AK, but didn’t want to bring Sarah into it. What does it matter what state I’m from?
Michigan....and you?
What the hell does the reporter being black have to do with it?
Of course, once again the GOP-e plays right into the hands of the racebaiters with their reaction.
These stupid, gutless, bastards don’t deserve to run a country.
Ok, where is the film? Where is the vid? Surely there was one cell phone going to get pics of the perps.
Lies without vid.
Yep, if you are the state controlled media, and you don't have a story that fits your (and the DNC) template, make one up.
5.56mm
Nobody lives in a perfect state. But Alabama seems to be farther from perfect than many others.
BTW, I've lived in six different states and one U.S. Territory, and spent lots of time in 36 other states.
FWIW, I witnessed a lot of racism in Brooklyn, NY, too.
They were plants from the left to stir up trouble. Its an old communist tactic...
Alabama. I just wanted to see if my stereotype of how people from northern states stereotype southern people would hold up. It did.
...and I just wanted to see if you have a chip on your shoulder the size of Cuba. I do NOT think AL is a racist state. I think the MSM thinks AL is a racist state. Geez.
THANK YOU. That is the truth. They think most Republicans are racist, Bible-thumping, woman hating, what-evers... That is why they thought the outlandish accusation would stick.
I've not seen any information as to who the alleged perps where. I cannot believe that this involved anything but OWS or Code Pink plants who somehow got passes to attend the convention.
“...and I just wanted to see if you have a chip on your shoulder the size of Cuba. I do NOT think AL is a racist state. I think the MSM thinks AL is a racist state. Geez.”
I apologize. You’re right, I do have a chip on my shoulder and I should not have made the comment about the stereotypes.
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