The big losers are the American People , and most of all Shriley Sherrod hersefl. The media has been far more unfailr and discriminatory to Sherrod than Breitbart or Fox ever was.

For the record, Fox never reported on the story until after the forced resignation. Beck showed more restraint than the administration, which is troubling even to Beck.

But the real injustice was and is the patronising Lionising of Shrley Sherrod.

If a white male implied that white lawyers should be more ethical than black lawyers, If a white USDA official told of preventing the sale of white owned farm land to a black man, if a white republican appointee accused political opponents of racism just because the democratic president is black, we would rightly call for and receive his blood.

In the case of Shirley Sherrod we are giving her a pass on all these issues, and her highly divisive and inflammatory remarks since the resignation. Black women are just as smart, tough, and capable as anybody. To treat Ms. Sherrod as if she needs special consideration because she is black and/or female is wrong.

Ms. Sherrod needs to be treated the same way Trent Lott and Williams have been treated. That's equality and that's respect. This patronising taking place all over the spectrum, even by Beck and O'reilly is racist, it's wrong, and it's a slam on black women everywhere and especially on Ms. Sherrod.

She is a remarkable woman with a breadth of life experience that is worth analysing and remembering. She also committed some fairly serious breaches of accepted norms and possibly moret depending on just how her 'recent' involvement to prevent the sale of land to the white person went down.

We would not have hesitated to unseat a white man, Ms. Sherrod deserves the same consideration. To insist otherwise is indeed racism in action.

Sherrod's own words shows that it was not what Fox News put on its website, nor was it what O'Reilly tapes at 5pm (and aires at 8pm), that led to her ouster.

Shirley Sherrod, in her own words, said that she was called and told to pull over and resign, and that the White House aided in her ouster because Glenn Beck was going to air on his show a speech that she gave. In fact, Beck never aired her speech but actually defended her on his show. She never said that what Fox News put on its website led to her ouster, nor was O'Reilly mentioned, despite the spin being put out to make them culpable. When Glenn Beck didn't air her speech, that left the White House with a problem: She said that the White House aided in her ouster and that it was over what Glenn Beck was going to air on his show.

So, some media elements have to put out the talking points that it was actually Fox News website or what O'Reilly was going to air that led to her ouster. Problem is, what she said led to her ouster destroys those talking points. She says that it was what Glenn Beck was going to air that led to her ouster, not the Fox News website, and the administration has no idea what Beck or O'Reilly are going to air. Howard Dean can ask Chris Wallace to prove that Beck wasn't going to air her speech. but since he made the charge, it is up to him to prove that Beck was gioing to air her speech. Otherwise, it is mere speculation on his part.

In the end, the Obama administration and the NAACP have settled on being "snookered." But that is hard to do, when the NAACP had the entire video of her speech at their disposal..... The NAACP and the Obama administration are fooling no one.

I felt sorry for how Sherrod was treated by Breitbart, the NAACP and the Obama administration. But that was until I saw the full CNN clip at YouTube where she said on Anderson Cooper 360 that Breitbart 'wanted to take us back to a time of slavery.' No wonder she didn't make the rounds on the Sunday talk shows.

His shoddy reporting is no excuse for her engaging in racebaiting.

Doug B and Ray should be working for Fox News. Nice job of trying to turn the blame around. Breitbart and Fox News lied. They're to blame here. They lied. That's what they do every day. Don't defend them.

@Vincent

The moment that you personally attacked me and Doug, you lost the discussion.

I'm not defending Breitbart or Fox. I'm defending Shirley Sherrod where she deserves it. I'm going by her words. Your beef is with her, not me.

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:: yawn :: If we really want to have an honest discussion about race (and ultimately fairness) in America, we should look to the recent article by Democrat Senator Jim Webb: online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748703724104575379630952309408.html

Vincent, you do yourself a disservice by ignoring Fox. They're no different than MSNBC on the other end of the political spectrum. Many issues that go unreported on other "news" channels are covered by Fox. This demonization of Fox News (and of talk radio for that matter) by the left is quite revealing and has been for some time. It seems that rather than debate the issues, some on the left would rather snuff out opposing views and opinions altogether. It's sad really. The party that champions itself as a beacon of tolerance is often anything but. What are they afraid of?