Nets Mostly Ignore Criminal Past of Charlotte Police Shooting Victim
By Brad Wilmouth | September 28, 2016 | 11:07 PM EDT

After revelations that Keith Lamont Scott not only spent time in prison for shooting someone, but that he was also accused by his wife last year of violent behavior and of threatening her and her son with a gun, the networks have mostly been silent on the developments that would help discredit accusations that the police planted a gun on Scott after shooting him.

Out of the morning and evening newscasts on the three broadcast networks, only the NBC Nightly News on Tuesday and CBS This Morning from Wednesday have given any attention to the development. And, while FNC's Fox and Friends morning show on Tuesday aired a few briefs on the subject, CNN's New Day show has so far ignored the revelations, in spite of spending more than 14 minutes out of its three hours on the issue of police shootings on Wednesday's program.

NY Times Mad at Trump for Playing Race Card on Hillary, as They Play It Against Him
By Clay Waters | September 27, 2016 | 12:00 PM EDT

The first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is in the books, and the front page of the New York Times registered an amazingly slanted front-page “news analysis” by Michael Barbaro and Matt Flegenheimer. They sternly rebuked Trump for daring to suggest Hillary Clinton had once been insensitive about race: "No amount of practice, it seemed, could fully prepare her -- or perhaps anyone -- for Donald J. Trump’s hurricane of factual distortion, taunting interruptions and blustery generalities."

NYT Endorses HRC, Oozing About ‘Her Intellect, Experience and Courage,’ Dumps on Trump With Odd Anti-Endorsement
By Clay Waters | September 26, 2016 | 3:53 PM EDT

In the least surprising development of the 2016 presidential campaign, the New York Times on Sunday endorsed “Hillary Clinton for President.” The last Republican the Times endorsed was Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. What wasn’t as expected was a follow-up anti-endorsement of Donald Trump, “the worst nominee put forward by a major party in modern American history.” The NYT bravely tried to make a positive case for Clinton: "Our endorsement is rooted in respect for her intellect, experience and courage," while dismissing her classified documents scandal as "a matter for the help desk."

Black Website The Root: 'All Cops Are Bad'
By Callista Ring | September 26, 2016 | 8:44 AM EDT

The Root’s Michael Harriot has a problem with the phrase, “Not all cops are bad cops,” and insists, “This is not a pronouncement wrapped in hyperbole.” On September 21, Harriot suggested, “Maybe there are no good cops.” He then went on to say, “It is as obvious as sunshine at day and darkness at night. It is founded on the simple reasoning of human nature, legal precedent, and commonsense logic.”

On MSNBC, Belafonte Hyperbolically Claims 'All' Police Killings Are of Blacks
By Brad Wilmouth | September 25, 2016 | 12:22 PM EDT

On display Sunday morning was the latest example of how the dominant media are grossly misinforming viewers about police shootings and the issue of race as veteran singer and liberal activist Harry Belafonte claimed that "all" of those being "murdered" are "black or African-American." He  appeared as a guest on PoliticsNation on MSNBC to plug his upcoming event promoting political activism.

Atlantic Writer: Debate Moderators Must ‘Confront Trump in Ways They’ve Never Confronted a Candidate’
By Tom Johnson | September 24, 2016 | 4:01 PM EDT

In the presidential debate this coming Monday, Peter Beinart wants moderator Lester Holt to set a tone that the moderators of the subsequent debates would maintain. Each should “confront [Donald] Trump in ways they’ve never confronted a candidate before,” wrote Beinart earlier this week. “The more audaciously he lies, the more audaciously they must tell the truth. The risks of doing so are tremendous. The rewards are being able to say that when Donald Trump threatened American liberal democracy like no candidate in modern history, you met his challenge square on.” Beinart noted that “since Trump has largely stopped giving interviews to anyone except campaign sycophants and celebrity lightweights, the debates may serve as his last encounter with actual journalists.”

Chuck Todd Lets Guest Wrongly Claim 'Vast Majority' Killed By Police Are Black
By Brad Wilmouth | September 24, 2016 | 3:09 PM EDT

On Thursday's MTP Daily on MSNBC, during a discussion of recent high-profile cases of black suspects being shot and killed by police, panel member April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks made a blatantly wrong claim that the "vast majority" of criminal suspects who were killed by police officers in 2015 were black. In fact, the source that she actually cited -- the Washington Post -- found that twice as many whites as blacks were killed by the police in 2015. Neither host Chuck Todd nor the other two panel members -- Matt Bai of Yahoo News and Perry Bacon of NBC News -- took the time to correct her.

On CNN, Dyson Claims 'Police Are the Manifestation of Terror Against Black Life'
By Brad Wilmouth | September 23, 2016 | 12:57 PM EDT

Appearing as a guest on Thursday's Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN for a discussion of recent high-profile police shootings in which the suspect killed was black, Georgetown University Professor and former MSNBC political analyst MIchael Eric Dyson at one point asserted that "the police are the manifestation of terror against black life" which he claimed "has been rendered vulnerable and disposable in America."

CNN's Toobin: Trump Base Is 'Sick & Tired of' Blacks 'Trying to Get Political Power'
By Brad Wilmouth | September 23, 2016 | 9:30 AM EDT

On Thursday's The Situation Room, CNN personalities were in overdrive throwing around accusations of racism toward Donald Trump's base of support within the Republican party during a panel discussion. Senior political analyst Jeffrey Toobin repeated the recurring charge that "law and order" represents "code words for cracking down on African-Americans," claimed Republicans are engaging in  "voter suppression," and accused Trump's "base" of being "sick and tired of African-Americans trying to get political power in this country." 

CNN Reporter Body Slammed on Live TV by Rioter in Charlotte
By Brad Wilmouth | September 22, 2016 | 8:21 PM EDT

As Wednesday night's Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN was giving live coverage to the riots in Charlotte, North Carolina, correspondent Ed Lavandera was knocked to the ground by a rioter on live television at 9:16 p.m. ET as he recalled that police had just recently used tear gas to get rioters to move further from the Omni Hotel.

Legendarily Awful: New Comedy Central Show Is the Worst Thing on Television
By Alexa Moutevelis Coombs | September 22, 2016 | 2:00 AM EDT

Comedy Central is out with a new adult animated comedy called Legends of Chamberlain Heights that airs on Wednesday nights after South Park. The show is about three freshman basketball bench warmers - Grover, Milk, and Jamal - and their antics in their quest to become “legends" at their high school. The result is quite possibly the most disgustingly foul-mouthed, outrageously offensive, obnoxiously over-the-top, and purposefully inappropriate show I've ever seen. 

MSNBC Decries ‘Violent Arrests’ By Charlotte Police, Ignores Looting of Stores in 9 PM Hour
By Curtis Houck | September 21, 2016 | 11:07 PM EDT

As Charlotte, North Carolina was being torn apart on Wednesday night, cable networks CNN, the Fox News Channel (FNC), and MSNBC offered wall-to-wall coverage of the carnage and tense scenes that, during the 9:00 p.m. Eastern hour, resulted in the one civilian being shot by another civilian and injuries to roughly a dozen police officers but MSNBC saw no reason in that hour to inform their viewers of the rampant looting at hotels and storefronts by the Black Lives Matter protesters.