NYT's Zernike in Tiff Over 'Racial' CPAC Coverage

New York Times reporter Kate Zernike has gotten into a spat with Young Americans Foundation spokesman Jason Mattera, who spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC, last week. The argument: who was being racist?


In last week’s Times story titled “CPAC Speaker Bashes Obama, in Racial Tones,” Zernike said Mattera used a “Chris Rock voice” to mock the president. She also noted his derisive attitude toward the concept of diversity on college campuses.

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