CBS Fired Jimmy the Greek; Silent on Rather Slur
James A. Chamblee
bogeyman <boge...@rr.com> wrote:
>Over the weekend, the nation's most prominent conservative black
>minister, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, head of the Brotherhood
>Organization of a New Destiny (BOND),
BWAHAHAHAHA !!
I guess that makes J.C. Watts "the nation's most prominent conservative
black Uncle Tom".
Bob
Only one problem - Jimmy "the Greek" was right.
Not so sure about Rather - didn't hear the quote in context.
Bob
bogeyman wrote:
>
> CBS Fired Jimmy the Greek; Silent on Rather Slur
>
> http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2001/7/23/120024
>
> More than three days after "CBS Evening News" anchorman Dan Rather
> invoked an anti-black stereotype in a nationally broadcast radio
> interview, the network refuses to comment on complaints over the
> incident, in marked contrast to the way it handled a similiar
> episode 13 years ago involving the late CBS Sports commentator Jimmy
> "the Greek" Snyder.
>
> On Jan. 15, 1988, Rather himself aired video shot that afternoon at
> Duke Zeibert's restaurant in Washington, D.C., featuring Snyder
> explaining why he thought African-Americans excelled in sports.
> "The black is the better athlete," The Greek said. "And he
> practices to be the better athlete, and he's bred to be the better
> athlete because this goes way back to the slave period. The slave
> owner would breed this big black with this big black woman so he
> could have a big black kid. That's where it all started."
>
> Though the film was shot by WRC-TV, the Washington affiliate of
> network rival NBC, and WRC reporter Ed Hotaling acknowledged that
> The Greek had said he was speaking off the record during the
> interview, Rather decided Snyder's remarks deserved national
> coverage.
>
> During the "CBS Evening News" broadcast, the politically correct
> newsman noted his network had received hundreds of complaints about
> Snyder's remarks. He ended the segment with Snyder's abject
> apology.
>
> "I'm truly sorry for my remarks earlier today and I offer a full,
> heartfelt apology to all I may have offended," Rather quoted Snyder
> as saying.
>
> Despite the apology, the CBS newsman's prominent coverage of his
> colleague's faux pas helped seal Snyder's fate. After The Greek's
> off the record remarks were turned into national news, black
> organizations from coast-to-coast felt compelled to comment.
>
> The Urban League called Snyder's statement "ludicrous" and suggested
> he shouldn't be on-the-air. The NAACP was more direct, calling on
> CBS to fire The Greek, saying his comments "could set race relations
> back 100 years or more."
>
> The next day, Rather's network handed Jimmy the Greek his walking
> papers.
>
> Thirteen years later the shoe is on the other foot.
>
> "They got the willies, they got the Buckwheats," Rather blurted out
> to radioman Don Imus Thursday, while explaining why his bosses had
> caved to outside pressure and forced him to cover the Chandra
> Levy-Gary Condit story.
>
> Minutes after NewsMax.com reported Rather's verbatim comments,
> e-mail began to pour in saying the anchorman had slurred
> African-Americans by likening his bosses' cave-in to Buckwheat, the
> easily-frightened black character from "The Little Rascals."
>
> Over the weekend, the nation's most prominent conservative black
> minister, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, head of the Brotherhood
> Organization of a New Destiny (BOND), slammed the CBS anchorman for
> his "Buckwheat" remark, saying it was so offensive that Rather
> shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.
>
> As the protests pour in, will CBS brass decide to give Dan Rather
> the same treatment they gave Jimmy the Greek?
>
> To learn more about Rev. Peterson and BOND, visit their website at
> www.bondinfo.org.
--
"Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress.
But I repeat myself." -- Mark Twain
Ward Stewart
They just LOVE IT when a 'nigger' kisses their hand, gets off the
sidewalk, and calls them massa. --- These folks are just barely human!
To paraphrase Liza Doolittle, speaking of her mother "Gin (hate) was
mother's milk to 'er!)
ward
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