Yahoo News has sacked its Washington bureau chief after he was caught on a microphone saying Mitt Romney and his wife were “happy to have a party with black people drowning”.
Company spokeswoman Anne Espiritu said David Chalian’s remark was inappropriate and did not represent Yahoo’s views.
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