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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Fox: Jackson Used N-Word in Off-Air Remarks



By: Sophia Tareen, Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) For decades, the Rev. Jesse Jackson has rallied against the use of the N-word -- an ethnic slur he has repeatedly told the American public is hateful and degrading. But Fox News confirmed to The Associated Press Wednesday that the longtime civil rights activist used the term in what Jackson thought was a private conversation during a break from a TV interview.

Jackson has already come under fire this month for crude off-air comments he made against presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama that were recorded during a taping of a "Fox & Friends" news show.

Fox: Jackson Used N-Word in Off-Air Remarks....

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