Initially, the controversy was over comments Jesse Jackson made on camera but off-air before a July 6 interview on "Fox & Friends."Jackson said that Obama was "talking down to black people" and that Jackson wanted to "cut his nuts off."
At the time that the tape of Jackson’s remarks was aired by Bill O’Reilly, O’Reilly chose to hold back a portion of the video reflecting a further controversial remark by Jackson. But over the last week, rumors started leaking out that Jackson may have used the N-word on the tape.
On July 16, 2008, the blog TV Newser broke the story of Jackson’s full remarks: He did indeed use the N-word:
“Barack...he's talking down to black people...telling n*****s how to behave.”
In a Wednesday afternoon interview with fellow Fox host Shepard Smith, O’Reilly said he had withheld the “n-word” remark because:
“I’m not in the business of creating some kind of controversy that’s not relevant to the general subject -- one civil rights leader disparaging another over policy.”How did the transcript of the unedited remarks get out? According to O’Reilly:
“Some weasel leaked it to the Internet.”
Related: What else Jackson said (LAT)
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