UPDATE from TPM: CNN confirms incident, has no further comments.



Politico get confirmation from GOP Convention spokesperson Kyle Downey that two attendees racially harrassed the CNN camerawoman.

An ugly incident in Tampa...



CNN (finally) reports the incident...

Two people removed from RNC after taunting black camera operator

Multiple witnesses observed the exchange and RNC security and police immediately removed the two people from the Tampa Bay Times Forum.

Current's David Shuster, who broke the story, has now blogged about the incident:

The anatomy of a race story at the RNC



According to this account, at least one or two GOP delegates or credentialed alternates began taunting the CNN staffer — an African American woman.

And at some point, at least one or both GOP convention attendees tossed peanuts at the black camera op and said, "This is how we feed the animals."

The way the story was described to me, the CNN crew summoned security, which quickly identified the perpetrators of this incident and with the help of convention officials, ejected the perpetrators from the arena.

I was shocked by the story, but also concerned.