Longtime readers know that fearless young conservative firebrand Jason Mattera has been a great friend of mine and of Hot Air’s for years. You also know from his countless videos that he’s got a Brooklyn accent thickah than an old-growth redwood tree. Yesterday, he gave a rousing, raucous speech at CPAC in Washington, D.C.

To the apparently untrained ears of a New York Times reporter, Jason’s Brooklyn accent = RAAAACIST!

No, really.

Read it here.

And here’s the “Chris Rock” impersonation to which the delicate NYT reporter referred:

Jason responds to the NYT in an interview with Ed Morrissey.

I have a feeling this interlude with the Fishwrap of Record isn’t over.