What comments did Jesse Jackson say about Barack Obama into an open mike?
Turns out Jesse Jackson’s whispered crudity on Fox News about what he’d like to do to Barack Obama’s privates almost made it through without notice. Jackson, who has eagerly worn microphones over the years almost as much as Al Sharpton, obviously knew he could be heard. Why else whisper? Which he did, criticizing Obama to a fellow black guest on “Fox & Friends” before the show went live. But as The Times’ diligent Matea Gold reports here today, no one in the Fox control room caught the exchange at the time. It was only during the night that a Fox staffer who was transcribing the program caught the whisper and then noticed Jackson’s hand-cutting motion beneath the desk. The catch worked its way up the in-house news chain and, finally, onto the air Wednesday. But Jackson was tipped about the imminent embarrassment when Fox News fairly asked him for comment before its broadcast, and Jackson immediately arranged to go on CNN to attempt a preemptive broadcast apology. Judging by online reac
What comments did Jesse Jackson say about Barack Obama into an open mike?