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MSNBC Anchor: I Wouldn't Find It "Funny" If Someone Called Me "Tamron Hall The Magic Negro Anchor Lady" (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com - 12/30/2008
MSNBC Anchor: I Wouldn't Find It "Funny" If Someone Called Me "Tamron Hall The Magic Negro Anchor Lady" (VIDEO)
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Chip Saltsman stirred controversy when, in his campaign to be the next RNC chairman, he distributed copies of a song called "Barack the Magic Negro." The song originally aired on Rush Limbaugh's talk radio show. MSNBC's Tamron Hall weighed in on the controversy, saying she wouldn't find it ...
politico.com - 12/30/2008
'Magic Negro' flap might help Saltsman bid
— politico.com — The controversy surrounding a comedy CD distributed by the RNC chair candidate has not torpedoed his bid... and might have inadvertently helped it. (more) 'Magic Negro' flap might help Saltsman bid

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Barack Obama The Magic Negro (video)
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Barack Obama The Magic Negro (video)
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Fox News allows 'magic negro' New Year's message to be broadcast. (video)
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Fox News allows 'magic negro' New Year's message to be broadcast. (video)
— youtube.com — Fox News allows 'magic negro' New Year's message to be broadcast.... (more) Fox News allows 'magic negro' New Year's message to be ...

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Michael Calderone's Blog:  MSNBC host slams 'Magic Negro' song

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MSNBC host slams 'Magic Negro' song
Michael Calderone's Blog — Discussing the "Magic Negro" controversy on MSNBC yesterday, the Young America's Foundation's Kate Enchain defended the song that appeared on Rush Limbaugh's radio show and on Chip Saltsman's stocking stuffer CD. "Well, let me tell you this," Hall said, "if someone referred to me as 'Tamron Hall the Magic Negro Anchor Lady,' I would never see it as anything funny or amusing." (ThinkProgress via HuffPost).

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