Obama Calls Kanye West A "Jacka**"

September 15. 2009

President Obama

Things are going from bad to worse for rapper, Kanye West, who rudely interrupted the acceptance speech of singer, Taylor Swift, to state the wife of his boss, Jay-Z, deserved to win instead of her.

Today, U.S. President Barack Obama was overheard calling West a "Jack***" to a press pool, whilst waiting for an official interview to begin.

President's opinion of Kanye West sparks debate

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama's candid thoughts about Kanye West are provoking a debate over standards of journalism in the Twitter age.

ABC News says it was wrong for its employees to tweet that Obama had called West a "jacka**" for the rapper's treatment of country singer Taylor Swift. The network said some of its employees had overheard a conversation between the president and CNBC's John Harwood and didn't realize it was considered off the record.

The network apologized to the White House and CNBC...

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