MSM manufactured Bill Bennett "racist" comment story?

Democrats are yelling bloody murder over comments made by radio talk show host Bill Bennett in which he was discussing a section of the book "Freakanomics".

However, in Chapter 4 of Freakanomics, which discusses abortion and its relation to the crime rate, it specifically mentions:



Is this another manufactured news story by the MSM? Surprise, surprise, it appears that the comments are in context.