According to MSNBC panelist Mychal Denzel Smith , the problem with the Ferguson decision is that people are not dealing with the inherent "racism" and "white supremacy" of America. The Nation magazine blogger appeared on The Reid Report to praise the protests as a way to make "the people in these privileged and powerful positions uncomfortable with all of the death that we are facing, the terrorization that we are facing as a community." Using the Michael Brown case as a way to condemn all of America, he excoriated, "What we refuse to deal with it is the idea --... continue reading
Rudy Giuliani fired back at Michael Eric Dyson on CNN's New Day on Tuesday for the MSNBC analyst's " white supremacy " attack on the former New York City mayor. When anchor Alisyn Camerota raised Giuliani's supposedly " controversial comments " from Sunday's Meet the Press on NBC, the former Republican politician underlined that he had " said the same thing the President of the United States said, and I was accused of being a racist ." [MP3 audio available here ; video below ] Giuliani continued by paraphrasing President Obama's Monday night speech , where the Democrat asserted that... continue reading
Despite a four-hour running time, NBC's Today on Tuesday completely ignored the latest developments in the still evolving Veterans Affairs scandal. ABC's Good Morning America and CBS This Morning allowed a combined 30 seconds to the news that the head of the Phoenix VA hospital has been fired . GMA news anchor Amy Robach related, "Well, new fallout from the health care scandal at veterans hospitals. The director of the Phoenix VA facility at the center of the scandal has now been fired." She added, "An investigation found 40 paints patients died while waiting for appointments at the hospital." This... continue reading
President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 18 individuals on Monday afternoon with one of them being former NBC Nightly News anchor and reliably liberal supporter Tom Brokaw . During Monday’s NBC Nightly News , current anchor Brian Williams used two teases and a segment by NBC/MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell to hype the ceremony. In one tease, Williams touted Brokaw’s big day at the White House: “When we come back, a near and dear member of the NBC family among those awarded a high honor at the White House today.” Later in the program before introducing Mitchell’s report,... continue reading
On Friday afternoon, it became known that as many as 30,000 emails belonging to former IRS official Lois Lerner that were thought to be lost had been recovered . When it came to reporting this story, however, English-language networks ABC and NBC plus Spanish-language networks Telemundo and Univision have punted on this story and offered no coverage through their Monday evening newscasts. The only network to cover the story thus far was CBS, which devoted only a meager 26 seconds to it during its Saturday morning newscast, CBS This Morning: Saturday . [MP3 audio here ; Video below] During the... continue reading
In the December 1 issue of Time magazine, reporter Michael Scherer promoted Univision anchor Jorge Ramos as " America's news anchor ." Scherer allowed that the host "is not just a newscaster but also an advocate and agitator." Yet, his 2410 word story hyped this decidedly liberal style. In the article, readers learn that Ramos wears blue jeans and that the Spanish-language journalist is "a trim 56-year-old in a skinny tie and no camera makeup." Scherer discussed Ramos's determination to force pro-amnesty opinion into his reporting, marveling, "No other news anchor in America, save perhaps news comedians like Jon Stewart,... continue reading
CNN stood out on Sunday and Monday for actually covering the sex abuse charges against Terry Bean, a " major fundraiser for President Obama ," as correspondent Erin McPike labeled him. The cable network devoted three full segments and two news briefs to the criminal charges against Bean, who is also the co-founder of the left-wing homosexual activist group Human Rights Campaign. [ video below ] As of Monday morning, the Big Three networks have yet to cover the story on their morning and evening newscasts. New Day Sunday host Victor Blackwell gave the first CNN news brief on Bean's... continue reading
On Sunday morning, a heated debate broke out on NBC’s Meet the Press between former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and MSNBC’s Michael Eric Dyson surrounding a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri’s eventual decision on whether or not to bring charges against Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of Michael Brown. During the combative segment, Mayor Giuliani argued that with regards to Ferguson “93 percent of blacks in America are killed by other blacks. We`re talking about the exception here.” Dyson, who is a frequent fill-in host on MSNBC, took particular offense to Giuliani’s comments and insisted that... continue reading
Chuck Todd, NBC News Political Director and moderator of Meet the Press , spoke with Senators Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on Sunday to discuss a variety of issues including President Obama’s recent executive action on immigration as well as the Benghazi terrorist attack. After discussing immigration for the majority of the interview, Todd brought up a new House Intelligence Committee report on Benghazi and eagerly asked Republican Senator Jeff Flake “is it time for the Republicans to drop the Benghazi conspiracy theories?” Todd began his questioning by playing up the findings in the report: The key findings:... continue reading
Chuck Todd, NBC News Political Director and moderator of Meet the Press , appeared on Sunday’s Today to preview his show and had some harsh words for Republicans in the wake of President Obama’s executive action on immigration. Speaking to co-host Erica Hill, Todd argued that “politically on Capitol Hill it’s very toxic. I think congressional Republicans they are united on one issue, they don't like how the president went about doing this. But after that, they don't quite know how to retaliate politically.” The segment began with Hill pointing out how “there has been heavy Republican opposition and the... continue reading