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George Negus and the ‘boy’ comment

Some people have got a bit excited about Negus referring to President-elect Obama as ‘boy’ on last week’s Dateline election show. According to the transcript, it’s not even clear that Negus is referring to Obama singular or his administration more broadly.
But, anyway, so what? It’s clear that Negus is using it in an Australia sense [...]