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Thursday, October 6, 2016

Fox News' Jesse Watters Gets Heat Over Chinatown Bit


Fox News and The O’Reilly Factor correspondent Jesse Watters has responded to claims that a segment he filmed in New York City’s Chinatown was racist by saying the clip was meant to be “tongue-in-cheek.”


“As a political humorist, the Chinatown segment was intended to be a light piece, as all Watters World segments are,” he said.

The clip shows Watters taking a trip to Chinatown to interview residents about the 2016 presidential election and was quickly greeted by condemnation on social media and by organizations like the Asian American Journalists Association.




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