Deplorables
by digby
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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