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MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry: I Hope Trayvon ‘Whooped the Sh**’ Out of Zimmerman

By Tom Blumer | February 26, 2015, 3:03 PM EST

While it's performing a long overdue housecleaning, MSNBC should point its broom in Melissa Harris-Perry's direction and sweep her off the network for her anti-democratic, violence-advocating rant earlier this week at Cornell University. Among o ...

AP Predictably Distorts Coverage of DOJ's Decision Not to Charge Zimmerman

By Tom Blumer | February 25, 2015, 9:09 AM EST

In an almost completely expected decision, the Department of Justice yesterday announced that it "found insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26 ...

Chris Hayes: Killing of Three Muslims in N.C. Serves as a ‘Trayvon Martin’ and ‘Michael Brown Moment’

By Curtis Houck | February 13, 2015, 3:56 PM EST

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes took about a minute and a half out of his show All In on Thursday night in between guests to give his thoughts on the recent killing of three Muslim students in North Carolina and, naturally, he brought their minority status into the p ...

Ramos Hits Obama From the Left on Race; Wishes He Did More to Address ‘White Privilege’

By Curtis Houck | December 10, 2014, 6:31 PM EST

Fusion/Univision anchor Jorge Ramos interviewed President Obama on Tuesdayand spent the interview flaunting his liberal beliefs by constantly hitting the President from the far left on a wide range of issues, including race. After discussing the release o ...

CBS Uses Ferguson to Lament Burdens on Obama Regarding Race Relations

By Curtis Houck | November 25, 2014, 9:26 PM EST

The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley used the conclusion of its Tuesday night broadcast to lament and highlight the instances in which President Barack Obama has commented on the issue of race and how the events in Ferguson, Missouri have “tested once m ...

Scarborough: Trayvon Was Chased and Shot 'Because He Was Black'

By Mark Finkelstein | November 24, 2014, 9:02 AM EST

You'd think Joe Scarborough would have learned by now to avoid inflammatory statements about the Trayvon Martin case. Back when that case first broke,  Scarborough immediately branded George Zimmerman a " murderer,"  an accusation for which ...

Sharpton Hits Back at Critic Who Called Him 'Coon' for Seeking Publicity After Ferguson Shooting

By Randy Hall | August 14, 2014, 11:23 PM EDT

Soon after 18-year-old Michael Brown was gunned down by an unidentified policeman on Sunday afternoon in Ferguson, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis, Rev. Al Sharpton arrived on the scene to “speak up for the family of the victim” and spend a great deal of time ...

MSNBC's Al Sharpton Denies, Then Defends His Use of Racial Slurs

By Randy Hall | May 24, 2014, 7:34 PM EDT

Along with hosting MSNBC's weekday PoliticsNation program, Al Sharpton plays many roles, ranging from community activist to harsh critic of his opponents, whom he regularly refers to in such emotion-charged terms as "white interlopers" and ...

Scarborough, Who Branded Zimmerman A 'Murderer,' Condemns Conservatives Who 'Raced Blindly' To Support Him

By Mark Finkelstein | April 24, 2014, 8:31 AM EDT

If there was anyone in America who recklessly rushed to prematurely proclaim a position on George Zimmerman, it was Joe Scarborough.  Before Zimmerman had even been arrested, at a time when even Al Sharpton was being relatively cautious with his language, ...

MSNBC's Ronan Farrow, Lisa Bloom Try to Connect Trayvon Martin to Racial Bias in Preschool Punishments

By Randy Hall | March 25, 2014, 10:38 AM EDT

Just when you thought it was finally safe to watch news programs and be free of any references to slain black teenager Trayvon Martin, along comes Monday's edition of Ronan Farrow Daily in which the MSNBC host and a legal analyst linked Martin's ...

Spike Lee Sued For Erroneous George Zimmerman Tweet

By Noel Sheppard | November 12, 2013, 1:43 PM EST

As NewsBusters previously reported, film director Spike Lee last March retweeted a posting supposedly including the address of George Zimmerman. Now the couple who actually reside at that address are suing Lee. In a complaint filed with the Seminole Count ...

Victim of 'I Hate White People' Attack Dies, Will Media Finally Report Incident?

By Noel Sheppard | September 9, 2013, 6:30 PM EDT

As NewsBusters reported Sunday, the national news media outside of local New York outlets has totally ignored a New York man becoming brain dead as the result of an unprovoked attack by a man that shouted "I hate white people." The victim, 62-ye ...

Sarah Silverman Introduces 'Black NRA': Giving Guns to 'Those That Need Them Most- Young Black Males'

By Noel Sheppard | September 9, 2013, 5:07 PM EDT

The folks at Funny or Die have decided to take on the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman/Stand Your Ground issue with a video introducing the Black NRA. In it, Sarah Silverman says, "Our fund will put guns into the hands of those that need them most: yo ...

National Media Completely Ignore NY Man Left Brain Dead By Attacker Shouting 'I Hate White People'

By Noel Sheppard | September 8, 2013, 11:56 AM EDT

NewsBusters asked Saturday if the media will report a New York man becoming brain dead as a result of an unprovoked attacked by a man saying "I hate white people." So far with the exception of local New York coverage, the answer is a resounding ...

Marching Band Spells 'Trayvon' During Halftime of College Football Game

By Noel Sheppard | September 9, 2013, 10:03 AM EDT

NewsBusters reported Saturday that the trustee of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, is trying to get an asteroid named after Trayvon Martin. At roughly the same time Saturday, the Alabama State University marching band paid tribute to Martin d ...