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Obama’s condescending patronizing speech to blacks

September 26, 2011

The Associated Press’s report on President Barack’s Obama’s Saturday speech to the Congressional Black Caucus drew scrutiny from a prominent journalist for foregoing journalistic practices that normally dictate that quotes should be cleaned up by writers and editors.

“Shake it off. Stop complainin’. Stop grumblin’. Stop cryin’. We are going to press on. We have work to do,” AP’s Mark Smith quoted the president as saying to the CBC.