Kurtz: Beck walked back his claim that Obama is a racist “to a greater extent than I've ever seen” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 08/29/10 12:48 PM EDT From the August 29 edition of CNN's Reliable Sources: Video file Previously: Beck “amends” his Obama is a racist comment and says he meant to attack Obama's theology Beck: Obama has “exposed himself as a guy” with “a deep-seated hatred for white people” Beck and crew complain that media still reporting his comments calling Obama a “racist”