September 7, 2008
Fox: Jackson used N-word in criticism of Obama
The Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during a break
in a TV interview in which he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama, Fox News confirmed yesterday.
The longtime civil rights leader had already come under fire this month for crude off-air comments he made against Obama in what he thought was a private conversation during a taping of a "Fox & Friends" news show.
In additional comments from that same conversation, first reported by TVNewser, Jackson is reported to have said Obama was "talking down to black people" and referred to blacks with the N-word when he said Obama was telling them "how to behave."
Though a Fox spokesman confirmed the TVNewser's account to The Associated Press, the network declined to release the full transcript of the July 6 show.
Jackson - who is traveling in Spain - apologized in a statement yesterday for "hurtful words" but didn't offer specifics.
Jackson has called on the entertainment industry, including rappers, actors and studios, to stop using the N-word. He also urged the public to boycott purchasing DVD copies of the TV sitcom "Seinfeld" after co-star Michael Richards was taped using the word during a rant at a Los Angeles comedy club in 2006.
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