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Yahoo Fires Washington Bureau Chief for Hot Mitt Romney Moment

“David Chalian’s statement was inappropriate and does not represent the views of Yahoo!. He has been terminated effective immediately. We have already reached out to the Romney campaign, and we apologize to Mitt Romney, his staff, their supporters and anyone who was offended.” – [Politico]

DURING A BREAK in an ABC/Yahoo News webcast, Chalian ripped into the Romneys in an off-broadcast exchange saying, “They’re not concerned at all. They’re happy to have a party with black people drowning.”

Newsbusters posted the audio and the fallout led to his firing.

Things happen quickly when you’re doing a webcast, so you have to keep focused on when your mic’s hot, which has humiliated even Pres. Obama before.

About Taylor Marsh

Veteran political analyst and author. Former Miss Missouri, Broadway performer, & relationship consultant at the LA Weekly, produced a one-woman show titled "Weeping for JFK."

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7 Responses to Yahoo Fires Washington Bureau Chief for Hot Mitt Romney Moment

  1. Cujo359 August 30, 2012 at 12:42 am #

    Hopefully, there’s a journalistic organization who will hire this guy. He seems to have a handle on the truth, at least when it comes to the Romneys.

  2. JoeCHI August 30, 2012 at 5:15 am #

    MORE racism from the Obots.  These Obots don’t seem to have an original thought in there head.

    • secularhumanizinevoluter August 30, 2012 at 11:04 am #

      Oh gee, got the talking points from Newt did ya? The Dems and Libs are the racists huh? You people are probably not even bright enough to understand just how pathetic you sound.

  3. cjoblak@hotmail.com August 30, 2012 at 10:14 am #

    Good for ABC. They just moved up a few notches in my book.  This kind of talk needs to stop.

    • secularhumanizinevoluter August 30, 2012 at 11:06 am #

      ” This kind of talk needs to stop.” what’s that…the truth? The truth has got to stop? I can understand why you would feel that way considering your team’s entire convention is based on an untruth. Gee, asked limpwithnoballs about plugging the levies lately?

  4. Sasha August 30, 2012 at 11:26 am #

    I am sure the Black people who are in harms way do not appreciate this kind of talk and those who support him.
    Wrong is wrong and if you can’t see it then something is likely wrong with YOU.
    You have to have a very cold heart to laugh and joke about something like this.

    • secularhumanizinevoluter August 30, 2012 at 5:19 pm #

      Crocadile tears aplenty!! How about limpwithnoballs saying they should DROWN more Blacks so they won’t vote…by plugging the levies with bags of money that the Blacks would then steal and drown? That’s OK huh! Some of the racist asses throwing peanuts at a Black journalist and saying”here’s how we feed the animals” that’s OK with you huh!