Jesse Jackson's vernacular
Description:
During informal conversation prior to an interview with Christopher Lydon, Dennis Farney (Wall Street Journal) and Ken Bode (NBC News), Jesse Jackson uses expletives to describe how his parents disciplined him as a child.
1:00:00: Visual: Jesse Jackson (US presidential candidate) sits in the WGBH studio with Christopher Lydon, Dennis Farney (Wall Street Journal) and Ken Bode (NBC News) before an interview. A crew member adjusts Jackson's lapel microphone. The four men joke lightheartedly about the interview. Lydon tells a story about another reporter's 1972 interview with George McGovern (Democratic nominee for US president). Lydon says that McGovern was asked if his father beat him as a child. Jackson uses slang and expletives to describe how his parents disciplined him as a child. Visual: Video cuts out. Audio of Lydon asking Jackson about his favorite ministers in the Boston area. Jackson mentions Reverend Charles Stith. Video returns. Lydon runs his hands through his hair and prepares for the interview.
1:00:00: Visual: Jesse Jackson (US presidential candidate) sits in the WGBH studio with Christopher Lydon, Dennis Farney (Wall Street Journal) and Ken Bode (NBC News) before an interview. A crew member adjusts Jackson's lapel microphone. The four men joke lightheartedly about the interview. Lydon tells a story about another reporter's 1972 interview with George McGovern (Democratic nominee for US president). Lydon says that McGovern was asked if his father beat him as a child. Jackson uses slang and expletives to describe how his parents disciplined him as a child. Visual: Video cuts out. Audio of Lydon asking Jackson about his favorite ministers in the Boston area. Jackson mentions Reverend Charles Stith. Video returns. Lydon runs his hands through his hair and prepares for the interview.
