SmashMouth

Yahoo News' Washington bureau chief was fired Wednesday after he was caught on a hot mic joking that Republicans are "happy to have a party" while black people drown.
The comment was made by David Chalian during live coverage of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, and was an apparent reference to the convention getting underway while a tropical storm-turned-hurricane barreled toward the Gulf Coast.
"They are happy to have a party with black people drowning," said a voice off-camera, later identified as Chalian, as video of the Romneys played on screen. Other people could be heard laughing at the comment.
A Yahoo! spokesperson confirmed to FoxNews.com that Chalian was let go, and said the company has apologized to Romney and his staff.
"David Chalian's statement was inappropriate and does not represent the views of Yahoo!. He has been terminated effective immediately. We have already reached out to the Romney campaign, and we apologize to Mitt Romney, his staff, their supporters and anyone who was offended," the spokesperson said in a statement.
Chalian used to work for ABC before moving on to serve as the political director at PBS NewsHour and eventually work for Yahoo News.
He appeared to still be employed by the company as of Wednesday morning, having posted on his Facebook page about a "great conversation" he had with Romney's "campaign brass" in Tampa.


Read more: Yahoo News fires reporter, apologizes to Romney over 'black people drowning' remark | Fox News

Danno

Probably already hired by MSNBC

ScottF

Not surprised in the least--Yahoo! 'news' goes well beyond leaning left. I find most of their political stories unreadable, and I think you know which way I lean.

Halo

This goes back to my comment on the Lock Nes monster story in full disclosure that was headlined twice on Yahoo's website.

What has happened to Yahoo's news in general?
Was once the most popular website and has now become kind of a joke.

Danno

They're HUGE Obama supporters. I'm shocked they fired the guy. Probably just a sacrificial lamb. They have many many more libs to spew their leftist bias.

saintfan

They fired him because they HAD to. There were others who could be heard laughing - but they're safe. This isn't new. The only reason they fired the man is because he could be identified. This is what happens when the mic is off - or at least when they think it's off.