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By DYLAN BYERS |
8/29/12 1:26 PM EDT
TAMPA, Fla. -- Yahoo News has fired Washington bureau chief David Chalian after he was caught on a hot-mic during an online video broadcast today saying that Mitt Romney and his wife Ann had no problem with African Americans suffering as a result of Hurricane Isaac, a source familiar with the situation tells POLITICO.
"They're not concerned at all. They're happy to have a party with black people drowning," Chalian said during the ABC News/Yahoo News webcast, in reference to the fact that the GOP convention in Tampa is taking place as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall on the north Gulf coast.
The conservative media watchdog organization NewsBusters first posted audio of Chalian's remarks, but referred to him as an ABC News employee (and offered slightly inaccurate transcription). ABC News spokesperson Julie Townsend informed the organization that Chalian was with Yahoo.
Chalian and Yahoo News spokesperson Kristen Morquecho did not respond to requests for comment; Townsend also did not respond to a request for comment. (ABC News, where Chalian was political director until 2010, has partnered with Yahoo News for 2012 political coverage).
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hlthe2b
(101,534 posts)Too bad for this guy who is paying quite a price for his mistake & far too honest appraisal...
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)It'll get you fired.
librechik
(30,659 posts)How'd that work out for you, David (who wouldn't answer my in-house emails) Come back when you learn a little journalism.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)The PR debacle of the year!
I hope you don't mind if I post my video. It has very little shelf life before it is old news...
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Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)and why the knee-jerk bullshit? Can't you just re-assign the bureau chief?
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)a rip in the fabric of the matrix thing...a reminder that the GOP parties every time poor African Americans in New Orleans suffer.
Wa'at Swamp Rat. Stay safe, my friend!!
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)was evac'd to Memphis for awhile. I think if he's anywhere his heart must be in his beloved city of New Orleans.