Wrong video of health protest spurs N-word feud

[Contrary1]

Oh please, please, please...let there be a video.

Three Democratic congressmen — all black — say they heard racial slurs as they walked through thousands of angry protesters outside the U.S. Capitol. A white lawmaker says he heard the epithets too. Conservative activists say the lawmakers are lying.

What does the video show? Not much. Indeed, new interviews show that a much-viewed YouTube recording cited as evidence by conservatives was actually shot well after the time in question.

It was March 20, near the end of the bitter health care debate, when Reps. John Lewis, Andre Carson and Emanuel Cleaver say that some demonstrators, many of them tea party activists, yelled the "N-word" as the congressmen walked from House office buildings to the Capitol.

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"It didn't happen," said Breitbart, who wasn't there. "This is 2010. Even a racist is media-savvy enough not to yell the N-word."

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[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. "Even a racist is media-savvy enough not to yell the N-word"

They sure do love to project, don't they.

Media savvy racist? Who would THAT be, Mr. Breitbart?

[NJmaverick]

2. K&R because facts matter