As much as a I hate Beck, he did the right thing here. This was clearly an attempt by a scrupulous reporter to create an out of context soundbyte. Beck identified that right away and called her out.
As for the term "white culture", that's a term that is commonly used, especially by left wing sources. Anyone who's ever taken a sociology course, knows that not only do left wing politicians use it, they obsess about it. To call Beck a racist for using the term is hypocritical. To expect him to define a complex term on the spot in a sentence or to is BS.
The fact Couric was already using the word racist before he even answered illustrates her foregon conclusion and what her intentions were. I avoid Beck like the plague, so I don't know if this is a tactic he commonly uses. Even if it is, other journalists shouldn't be sinking to his level.
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