That was fast: O'Reilly Factor to Air Video of Jesse Jackson Comments About Barack Obama

By GottaLaff

Quel surprise: (UPDATE: The quote is at the end of this post)

Breaking: The O'Reilly Factor will air exclusive video of the Rev. Jesse Jackson making disparaging comments about Sen. Barack Obama. TVNewser has learned the comments were made prior to an interview Jackson did Sunday morning on Fox & Friends. We're told some of the comments are so raw that O'Reilly will most likely only run a couple of soundbites.

The video will show Jackson chatting with Reid Tuckson, EVP of United Health Group. The two were at Fox News Channel's Chicago bureau getting ready to be interviewed about a new health care initiative.

Jackson was apparently unaware his microphone was hot when he made the comments about Obama, which we're told are racial in nature.

Oh, swell. My original post tells the back story. Here's a little more:

Later, during The Situation Room, Wolf Blitzer and Lemon interviewed Jackson about his comments. At one point, Blitzer said, "because it's so crude, we can't even repeat it on the air right now."

Oh, it gets better (worse):

When reached for comment about the story, a Fox News spokesperson said, "We want to thank CNN for driving tune-in to The O'Reilly Factor tonight."

> More: Jackson will respond to the hot mic comments at 8pmET tonight — but on CNN, not FNC. He will be interviewed by Campbell Brown during CNN Election Center...

> More, More: Matt Drudge Reports Jackson will hold a news conference at 6pmET...

UPDATE: CNN video... Jackson's quote was that Obama was "talking down" to African Americans and that he wanted "to cut Obama's nuts off."

On CNN just now, they said the Obama campaign accepts Jackson's apology.