"This Is How We Feed Animals"

UPDATE #2  Josh Marshall at TPM on the difficult spot CNN finds itself in--remain mum on this incident or make it a real "story."

UPDATE  Wash Post reports:  "A Secret Service official told me that they’re referring calls on the incident to the Republican National Committee. Not a police matter, in other words. It is, however, a matter for CNN. It knows all the details of this event." Including the names of the two attendees ejected.

Tuesday night:  CNN has confirmed story reported earlier:  "An attendee at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Tuesday allegedly threw nuts at a black camerawoman working for CNN and said 'This is how we feed animals'  before being removed from the convention....It is not clear whether the alleged culprit was a delegate or attending the convention in some other capacity.

"In a written statement, CNN addressed the matter but divulged few details: 'CNN can confirm there was an incident directed at an employee inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum earlier this afternoon. CNN worked with convention officials to address this matter and will have no further comment.'” Another report had two attendees ejected.