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| Incident Report | |
| Who | Maclaughlin Report |
| When | Jul 2008 Weekend of 12th and 13th, via theTalkshow |
| What | This weekend on The McLaughlin Group, the program's host, John McLaughlin, asserted that Obama "fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo -- a black on the outside, a white on the inside." Direct Quote: McLaughlin: "Question: Does it frost Jackson, Jesse Jackson, that someone like Obama, who fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo -- a black on the outside, a white on the inside -- that an Oreo should be the beneficiary of the long civil rights struggle which Jesse Jackson spent his lifetime fighting for?" |
| Context | Any additional information about the setting or circumstances of the incident necessary to understanding it correctly. |
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| Links | http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/john-mclaughlin-obama-oreo |
| Latest Status | At this time Media Matters has issued the information and has this action page: http://mediamatters.org/action_center/mclaughlin/?src=mclaughlin-0714-3 Aaron, can we have the letter template posted to the forums a few weeks back added to the incident template in case anyone wants to write to the WCBS New York and others who carry his program? |
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