CBS on History: Will ‘Divisive’ Trump ‘Hold Back’ Progress?
CBS journalist John Dickerson has written a new history of the presidency. Naturally, This Morning co-host Tony Dokoupil brought on Dickerson to use The Hardest Job in the World as a way to bash Donald Trump. Dokoupil critiqued, “There's an FDR quote I think we can begin with. He says, ‘I can only go as fast as the people will let me.’ We're in a moment now where it seems the…
MSNBC's Glaude: Trump 'Playing Fast and Loose' with Black Deaths
Appearing as a guest on Saturday's Velshi show on MSNBC, contributor Eddie Glaude accused President Donald Trump of planning to put on a "white political theater" that "plays fast and loose" with the deaths of blacks as he complained about the upcoming rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma -- a city known for a horrific massacre against black residents in 1921.
CNN’s Rye Justifies Blacks Resisting Arrest: 'Fight Back' or 'Die'
While discussing the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks Monday morning on CNN, political commentator Angela Rye gave some dangerous advice to black people “fighting back” against police officers.
Maher Compares Lindsey Graham to 'Slave Abused By Fat Daddy'
Bill Maher closed Friday’s edition of Real Time with an unhinged rant directed at Republicans on Capitol Hill. In addition to slamming the congressional GOP for always sticking by President Trump no matter what, Maher compared Republican Senator Lindsey Graham to a “Slave Abused by Fat Daddy” and warned that “democracy is about to stop breathing.”
‘Inmates Are Running the Asylum’: Chris Wallace Unloads on NYT, Media
Brought on to discuss “the emerging crisis in journalism and constant clashes over dissenting views at major news organizations,” during Sunday’s MediaBuzz on Fox News Channel, Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace unloaded on The New York Times for their fiasco regarding Senator Tom Cotton’s (R-AR) recent op-ed, as well as the media writ-large for acting as anti-…
Stelter Lashes Out, Tells Trump Lawyer Her Kids Will Be Ashamed of Her
Towards the end of a very heated and contentious argument with Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis during Sunday’s Reliable Sources, CNN host Brian Stelter was so triggered by being called “fake news” that he angrily lashed out at his guest; telling her that in 10 to 20 years her kids and grandkids were long to look back on her work for President Trump with disgust.
ABC Responds to Allegations Top Talent Exec Has Abusive History
In a scathing report out Saturday, Huffington Post contributor Yashar Ali uncovered disturbing allegations that ABC News’ top talent executive, Barbara Fedida had been repeatedly accused of using racially charged and abusive language against the staff. And in response to the allegations, ABC had suspended Fedida as they investigated and issued an on-air comment during Sunday’s Good Morning…
NBC Wrongly Hints Cop Murdered Black Victims Who Were Actually White
On Thursday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Stephanie Gosk incorrectly suggested that a former Houston police officer was being charged with murdering a black victim when, in fact, both victims in the case were white.
MSNBC: Biden Has 'The Perfect Message For 2020'
When guest hosting The Last Word on Friday, MSNBC's Ali Velshi declared that given the protests and reaction to the death of George Floyd, Joe Biden has been prophetic in his calls for the country to move past President Trump's racial divisiveness. Similarly, Jonathan Alter was amazed at Biden's "perfect message for 2020."
CNN's Brinkley Likens Trump to American Nazi Party Founder
On Friday's CNN Tonight, Don Lemon presided over a panel whose members bashed President Donald Trump over his handling of the George Floyd-inspired protests. After former CBS News anchor Dan Rather accused several Republican presidents of "playing the race card," CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley likened President Trump to the founder of the American Nazi Party, George…
WRONG: History Channel Tags Slave-Holding Confederates as Red States
The History Channel in late May produced a mostly laudable documentary series on Ulysses S. Grant, rightly hailing the legacy of the victorious Union general and president. However, the series contained what’s become a recurring problem in some historical reflections on the Civil War. Throughout the three part series, the production repeatedly showed the slave-holding confederates as red…
CNN Misleadingly Suggests Most Killed by Police Are Black
On Tuesday's New Day on CNN, the liberal news network's flagship morning show served as a microcosm of one of the big problems with how the media covers police-involved violence, exaggerating it into more of a racial issue than it actually is. The three-hour show highlighted three cases in which suspects died during arrests under circumstances similar to George Floyd's death.
Chuck Todd Wonders If Media, Corporations Can Keep the Activism Going
On Friday's MSNBC Live, host Chuck Todd worried out loud with Nikole Hannah-Jones of the New York Times Magazine and the "1619 Project" fame, about what needs to be done to make sure the new wave of Black Lives Matter activism does not simply fade away.
Harwood: It Doesn't Matter If Trump Backs Reform, He's Still Divisive
As President Trump headed to Texas on Thursday to meet with evangelical and law enforcement leaders, CNN's John Harwood argued that even if Trump embraces some sort of police reform, it would not matter because, "but we already know where the president's heart is and his heart is in continued racial division rather than unity."
