from SLATE:
RNC Attendees Tossed After Reportedly Heckling Black Camerawoman
By Josh Voorhees
Posted Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, at 9:10 AM ET
Here's a story from last night's GOP convention that Republicans could
no doubt live without as they make their pitch to the American public
this week. CNN reports:
"Two people were removed from the Republican National Convention
Tuesday after they threw nuts at an African-American CNN camera
operator and said, 'This is how we feed animals.'
"Multiple witnesses observed the exchange and RNC security and
police immediately removed the two people from the Tampa Bay Times
Forum."
The cable news network isn't giving the story a lot of play this
morning, and only posted an item on it after Talking Points Memo first
reported the news last night. Nonetheless, it is probably worth
pointing out that the CNN post makes no effort to soften its lede with
"allegedly" or anything similar.
The official statements coming from RNC organizers and the CNN brass
last night provide only vague details of what happened.
Convention organizers: "Two attendees tonight exhibited deplorable
behavior. Their conduct was inexcusable and unacceptable. This kind of
behavior will not be tolerated."
And CNN's statement: "CNN can confirm there was an incident directed
at an employee inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum earlier this
afternoon. CNN worked with convention officials to address this matter
and will have no further comment.”
The first account of the incident, unsurprisingly, came via Twitter in
the form of a tweet from former MSNBC and Current anchor David
Shuster: "GOP attendee ejected for throwing nuts at African American
CNN camera woman + saying 'This is how we feed animals.'"
--
Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, at
least you should know the nature of that evil.
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