Jesse Jackson Used N-Word In Obama Remarks

Fox News Confirms Civil Rights Leader Used Word Off-Air During Interview Break; He Apologizes Again

(CBS/ AP)  The Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during a break in a TV interview where he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama, Fox News confirmed Wednesday.

The longtime civil rights leader already came 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 the blog 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 TVNewer's account to The Associated Press, the network declined to release the full transcript of the July 6 show and did not air the comments.

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said the network had nothing to do with the latest on this embarrassing moment for Jackson, reports CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante.

"We're not out to get Jesse Jackson," O'Reilly said. "We're not out to embarrass him. We're not out to make him look bad."

Jackson - who is traveling in Spain - apologized in a statement Wednesday for "hurtful words" but didn't offer specifics.

"I am deeply saddened and distressed by the pain and sorrow that I have caused as a result of my hurtful words. I apologize again to Senator Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, their children as well as to the American public," Jackson said in a written statement. "There really is no justification for my comments and I hope that the Obama family and the American public will forgive me. I also pray that we, as a nation, can move on to address the real issues that affect the American people."

A spokeswoman for Jackson's civil rights organization, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, said she could not confirm that Jackson used the slur.

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.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has joined Jackson in opposition of the word, said on CBS News' The Early Show on Thursday that he was "very disappointed" by this latest revelation.

"I think this certainly does not reflect the Reverend Jackson that we all know and love," Sharpton said. "I think that we have to be consistent. We have denounced the N-word… I think clearly all of us must strive to do in private what we profess in public. Once we take this public position we have that responsibility. I've said and many of those in other groups, NAACP and others, that we've all used it in the past. And we've got to stop it as we challenge this nation. We can't challenge others without challenging ourselves."

"I still hold Reverend Jackson in high esteem, but I certainly do not at all condone the use of the word by Reverend Jackson, myself or anyone else," he added. (Watch video of Sharpton's interview)

[tbweb]

tbweb wrote
Mic is always on and FOX will air your private remarks
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Guess what, they''''re JOURNALISTS. Exposing fraud is part of THEIR JOB.

And yah, only a moron would make inflammatory or self-incriminating remarks ON THE PREMISES OF A NEWS SHOW and expect it to be kept secret.

Posted by txgrouch2006 at 11:41 PM : Jul 18, 2008,,,

When I watched the Video I saw Jackson whispering, he was attempting to whisper quietly but those powerful Mics at FOX recorded his conversation as if he was speaking in his normal tone of voice. I think people are entitled to some privacy, especially within their personal space which FOX violated! I don''t believe everything is fair game, a big free for all, FOX crossed the line even though many don''t think so! If this is permitted then nothing is sacred, what about Lawyers whispering to their clients in court, you mean to tell me if someone picks up that exchange with a powerful Mic and uses it against the Defendant its ok? Hmmm.

[annd2302]

It''''s o.k. for a *** to call another *** a ***.
Posted by yurpallid at 08:27 AM : Jul 18, 2008

yurpallid / don''t see why not, there both
n-i-g-g-e-r-s.

Thumbs up by me.

[txgrouch2006]

patriot12436 wrote
i got tired of not seeing anyone in the black communiuty trying to do the same.
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Sad but true. And not JUST the black comunity. Racism still runs rampant in the Asian and Hispanic communities.

It seems like white people are the ONLY ones who have been taught that racism is wrong.

[dondyjoann]

I am so tired of hearing about racism and the n word from the bigots like Jesse Jackson. I do not understand how it is Jesse Jackson can make comments and use this disgusting word after he has crucified so many WHITE people for the same thing. To see racism and bigotry look at "the great" Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. I don''t like the word, nor do I like racism. But those 2 are the perfect picture of reverse discrimination and racism in this country!

[patriot12436]

baracalto
Anyone who supports farakhan and his ideas is also a racist so Michelle doesn''t surprise me with her tirade and i cannot believe her husband doesn''t share her views, as we know who wears the pants in that family.

[patriot12436]

blidzer
I read the definition many years go concerning the term n-i-g-g-e-r in Websters. It defined as uneducated, unintelligent, unable to learn. No mention of color or race. I know many of several races this could apply too.

[patriot12436]

txgrouch
Computer went haywire.
I tried to support equal rights most of my life. Finally i got tired of not seeing anyone in the black communiuty trying to do the same.

[patriot12436]

txgrouch
I tried most of my life to support equality for all. I

[patriot12436]

txgrouch
I tried most of my life to support equality for all. I

[txgrouch2006]

tbweb wrote
Mic is always on and FOX will air your private remarks
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Guess what, they''re JOURNALISTS. Exposing fraud is part of THEIR JOB.

And yah, only a moron would make inflammatory or self-incriminating remarks ON THE PREMISES OF A NEWS SHOW and expect it to be kept secret.

[tbweb]

The moral of this story, when visiting FOX News watch what you say anywhere on the premises, the Mic is always on and FOX will air your private remarks to boost its ratings! LOL

[txgrouch2006]

So THAT''S IT for this story? NO POSTS IN OVER TWO HOURS - NO FURTHER MEDIA ATTENTION? The story just FADES AWAY like nothing happened???

Apparently Jackson calculated correctly that he could expose himself as a total fraud, and he''d get away with it.

That''s why this kind of hypocrisy happens. THERE''S NO OUTRAGE over it. People have given up on expecting anything better from their leading citizens.

This makes the future look very grim indeed.

[rob416]

No one should be surprised about Jesse Jacksons use of the "n" word. That is a word a bigot would use and make no mistake Jesse Jackson is a bigot. He along with Al Sharpton could be the dynamic duo of bigotry. When one thinks of bigotry as it relates to the races, it usually comes in the form of whites against blacks. With Rev. Jackson''s use of the word it was black against black.

It has been said over and over again Jackson is a hypocrite when he denouces the use of the n word and goes after those that do. Jackson apologized as he should have, but what about all the others he has gone after and/or attempted to destroy their careers for the use of racial slurs. I just hope the word is not used, but if it is, please don''t go to Jesse Jackson for forgiveness.

[txgrouch2006]

As if to add to this hypocrisy, Jackson''s earlier statamet to abolish the n-word applied only to PUBLIC speech. But apparently he felt this rule did not need to apply to PRIVATE speech.

Al Sharpton has responded by saying the same rules should apply in private as in public. I even agree with Sharpton on this.

Jackson is a FRAUD for saying one thing in public and doing the EXACT OPPOSITE in "private." Especially when others have been punished so severely for using the n-word in other situations.

[txgrouch2006]

concerned222 wrote
It was ok for the black children to use the "n" word towards another black children.
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You''re absolutely right. Either EVERYBODY can say it, or NOBODY should be able to say it.

It is utter nonsense to say the rule is selective based on race or, worse yet, whether the other person LIKES YOU or not. The distinction between "friendly greeting" and "hate speech" should NOT be based on how popular you are. It should be obvious where this would lead.

If the rules is based on race, THEN THE RULE ITSELF IS RACIST (OR BIGOTRY, IF YOU PREFER). Making something differ based on race alone IS THE DEFINITION OF RACISM OR BIGOTRY.

The ones crying to end racism and bigotry SHOULD NOT BE PRACTICING IT, especially not so blatantly.

[tootall10142]

WELL YURPALLID HOW MANY BODY BAGS DID YOU HAVE TO ZIP UP YOU COMMI B@STURD YES I SPELLED IT RIGHT ***!TAKING YOUR LIFE WOULD JUST SLOW ME DOWN WITH PAPER WORK HARDLY WORTH IT I THINK!

[brianbwb-2009]

"...does that mean this word would aptly describe Bush and his groupies"... Posted by blitzder

Technically yes, but as you can see by some of the posters here who BTW also fit the definition, they still cannot get past the ethnic connotations.

[blitzder]

WEBSTERS DICTIONARY ONLINE defines the word ''NI*GER'' this way.
"It carries a strong connotation of personal worthlessness which makes it so highly pejorative that most people would no longer use it, particularly in public."

The current administration has carried a strong connotation of personal worthlessness in the last 7 years, does that mean this word would aptly describe Bush and his groupies.

[tootall10142]

I WAS UPSET WHEN THE RAP MUSIC WARS ENDED.THE BODY COUNT WAS GETTING PRETTY IMPRESSIVE FOR AWHILE.SINCE MOST BLACK RAPPERS ARE UNEDUCATED , SPEAKING IN RYHME WITH THE SAME BEAT OF MUSIC IS NOT TOO HARD FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND SO ALL THE IGNORANT LISTENERS USE THIER CRACK PROFITS TO MAKE THEM RICHER.TUPAC IS NOT A MARTYR BUT A BIG MOUTH BRAGADOCIUOS BLACK RAPPER THAT GOT SHUT UP BY ANOTHER CREATURE OF THE *** MUSIC WORLD .

[billyb500]

I think the events of the past few months have told us a lot about Black people in America today. First, as shown by Obama''s pastor, many blacks, maybe most blacks are deep racists. They hate America and hate whites. Second, they are the biggest hippocrits in the world. Jessie Jackson and Whoopie Goldberg have the gall to say that whites cannot use the N-word, while they use it all the time. Obviously, there is a deep psychosis in the black community.