The Saturday Night Show receives official complaint about Obama comment

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The Saturday Night Show receives official complaint about Obama comment

Saturday Night show presenter Brendan O'Connor has received an official complaint from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) for his remarks about President Obama on the Saturday Night Show.

The complainant states that during an interview with the Mayor of Boston, Marty Walsh, Brendan suggested that Mr. Walsh should stand for President of the US because we had “the black guy…” and that if he won we would “have one of our own”.

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