As I’ve said all day, I want to see the unedited video of Shirley Sherrod before drawing a final conclusion. But the NAACP has now reviewed the unedited tape (as I understand it, they’ve actually listened to the audio) and based on its review released a statement saying it was “snookered by Fox News and Tea Party Activist Andrew Breitbart into believing she had harmed white farmers because of racial bias.”
NAACP President Ben Jealous, no doubt swallowing hard, admits, “Next time we are confronted by a racial controversy broken by Fox News or their allies in the Tea Party like Mr. Breitbart, we will consider the source and be more deliberate in responding.”
The NAACP may release the unedited video as early as this evening.
