Were Reporters Used to Spread ‘N-Word’ Narrative?

By Larry O’Connor at Big Journalism:

Ever wonder what it must be like to be standing right in the middle of the action when a huge story breaks?  Thanks to Kerry Picket at the Washington Times, you can come close to that experience.  Except, in this case you can hear how events transpire when an unproven rumor gets spread to reporters and then gets promulgated as if it were a huge story.

Pickett has the audio of the very moment Rep. Andre Carson (D, Ind.) breathlessly relayed the dubious claims that racial epithets were hurled at the Congressional Black Caucus fifteen times on the day the Health Care Bill was being voted on .  The exchange between Rep. Carson and the group of reporters makes a  few important points quite clear:

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