A little racism along with the news, MSNBC?

Nimzomitch at Dkos was watching MSNBC last night and saw a graphic with Obama portrayed as the King of Spades. It looked like this.

As Doc Gonzo commented:

The American Heritage Dictionary has two definitions for "spade". The first is the digging tool, the second has two senses:

NOUN:1.  Games a.  A black, leaf-shaped figure on certain playing cards.  b.  A playing card with this figure.  c. also spades (used with a sing. or pl. verb)  The suit of cards represented by this figure.  2.  Offensive Slang  Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.

Anyone who doesn't know "spade" is insulting to Black people is either one of the few blissfully ignorant, or someone willfully ignorant. The people who put together and broadcast MSNBC news to millions in the whole country don't have a good excuse.

You got that right Doc.