Deplorables

Deplorables

by digby




What the hell?

Washington Post columnist Paul Waldman revealed on Sunday that a C-SPAN caller had threatened the life of former President Barack Obama during a racist tirade.


Waldman said that he was appearing on the Sunday edition C-SPAN’s Washington Journal when a caller used the N-word to refer to Obama and then wished for his death

The most exciting part of my appearance on C-SPAN this morning was definitely when a caller shouted "Death to the ni**er Obama!"

— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) August 19, 2018



A Raw Story review of Sunday’s Washington Journal suggested that C-SPAN had used its 7-second delay to cut off the caller before the slur aired.


In the case of one racist caller on the Republican line, the C-SPAN host was forced to quickly hang up.


“Barack Obama is an illegal alien!” the caller named Christopher boomed.


“How do you know this?” the C-SPAN host asked.


At that point, the show’s audio cut for about 2 seconds, suggesting that C-SPAN producers censored the caller. It was obvious from the expressions on the faces of the two guests that the caller had said something offensive.

Sure, this is fine...

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