Howard Dean to Chris Wallace: "Fox News did something that was absolutely racist"

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean on Sunday accused the Fox News Channel of being racist.

Dean: "I think Fox News did something that was absolutely racist. They have been pushing a theme of black racism with this phony Black Panther crap and this, this business, and Sotomayor and all this other stuff...The Tea Party called out their racist fringe, and I think the Republican Party's got to stop appealing to its racist fringe."

Wallace: "I know facts are inconvenient things, but let's try to deal with the facts. The fact is that the Obama administration fired or forced Shirley Sherrod to quit before her name had ever been mentioned on Fox News Channel. Did you know that, sir?"

DEAN: What I do know is that video came out --

WALLACE: Did you know that, that her name. Did you know that she was fired before her name was ever mentioned on the Fox News Channel?

There's more at NewsBusters.

It's a vanilla-fudge thing you know...