last night, sherrod went on cnn to talk about being asked to resign and further explained the whole thing. did you discriminate against this white farmer 24 years ago when you were, i guess, about 38 years old, because he brought you what you described in your march naacp speech as a superior attitude? you know, initially and that is why i said that i took the time to weed what was happening there. he did come with the superior attitude, but i didn t discriminate. if i had discriminated against him, i would not have given him any help at all because i wasn t obligated to do it by anyone. i wasn t working for the government. i didn t have to have him. i didn t have to help him, but i did and i went on. that was the first white farmer
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administration which then became the trigger, at least on our part, for reporting this story. chris, had we reported this story prior to the department of agriculture firing her? no. we actually we held it until we actually woke them up yesterday morning and we held it until we spoke directly to the usda. but, still, it s a horrific reaction to the quick excitement of politics and also an indictment of who we are today in the media, what we cover. this is a clip provided by a guy who is probably selling shoes in someone s basement five years ago. a right wing blogger, whatever his name is. it s a clip of a 45-minute speech given in march about an event that took place 24 years ago. it goes out and on the air several airways with no context given. she s fired. this is an event that s mass ka raiding as news, that has carried, you know, again by
what you described in your march naacp speech as a superior attitude? you know, initially, and that s why i said i took the time to weed what was happening there. he did come with a superior attitude. i did not discriminate. if i had discriminated against him, i would not have given him any help at all because i wasn t obligated to do it by anyone. i wasn t working for the government. i didn t have to help him. but i did, and i went on. that was the first white farmer i helped. i went on to help hundreds of others through the years. here s eloise spooner, the wife of that farmer from 26 years ago, on the phone with cnn today. let s listen to her story. what do you think of shirley? she s a good friend. describe your relationship with her through the years.