Race Issues
Ex-Journo, Media Darling, & 'Mr. BLM' Accused of Being a Sex Predator
Wesley Lowery is a lot of things: a former Washington Post reporter, 60 Minutes correspondent, CNN contributor, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, “Mr. BLM,” and now, an alleged sexual harasser and assaulter.
ESPN Analyst Cites RGIII's White Wife to Attack His Caitlin Clark Take
One sports rivalry that has managed to spill out into the broader political culture war is the one between the WNBA’s Caitlin Clark and Angela Reese. On a Monday episode of The Pivot podcast, ESPN talking head and former NFL safety Ryan Clark brought racial politics into the controversy by saying former colleague, NFL quarterback, and current Fox Sports analyst Robert Griffin…
'Why Not?' CNN Panelist Defends Chicago Mayor Boasts on Hiring Blacks
On CNN This Morning, panelist Lulu Garcia-Navarro complains, saying "why not?", when fellow panelist Michael Warren of The Dispatch suggests it was a mistake for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to have publicly boasted of his hiring of blacks, which he called "our people," to senior positions in his administration.
CNN's Cornish Laments: DEI Opponents 'In Control Right Now'
On CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish interviews Marc Morial, head of the National Urban League, regarding its publication of a book on the fifth anniversary of the death of George Floyd. When Morial criticizes any corporate pullback from DEI efforts, calling it an "assault," Cornish sympathetically says that opponents of DEI 'are in control right now." That tees up Morial to say: "They are…
New MSNBC Show: Did Trump Defund PBS Because He Thinks Elmo Is Black?
Tuesday saw the second-ever installment of MSNBC’s The Weeknight, featuring Alicia Menendez, former Kamala Harris spokeswoman Symone Sanders-Townsend, and former RNC chairman and current liberal talking points repeater Michael Steele. The trio of Joy Reid replacements did their best to continue her legacy by wondering if President Trump decided to defund PBS because he thinks Elmo is…
Kimmel, Pritzker Claim GOP Knows Lincoln Would Be a Democrat Today
Over the next couple of years, the late night comedy shows will become a stomping ground for 2028 Democratic presidential hopefuls and on Thursday, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel helped kick start that process by welcoming Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to the show. Together the two would implicitly accuse Republicans of racism by claiming they “know full well” Abraham Lincoln would be a Democrat today and…
CBS Bemoans Trump Crackdown on Disparate Impact, Another DEI Wasteland
Thursday’s CBS Evening News Plus dove head-first into another meltdown about the Trump administration’s push to remove Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and other race-hustling removed root and branch from the federal government. This time, fill-in host Maurice DuBois brought out the head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to melt down about a new executive order to undo disparate…
Epic MSNBC Meltdown Cries Racism On WH Push To Increase Birthrates
Professor and podcaster Christina Greer and MSNBC Prime host Alicia Menendez had what could only be described as an epic meltdown on Wednesday. As the White House has started kicking around various ideas to reverse declining birthrates, the duo insisted that “we know” that their actual intention is to increase the political power of white people.
Colbert, Warnock Talk Slavery, Jim Crow -- Ignore Democrat History
Over there on this very site, NewsBusters’ own Alex Christy had a sharp-eyed focus on a curious moment on a recent episode of Stephen Colbert’s late night CBS show.
Comedy Central Podcast Says Jim Crow-Like Systems Still Exist
As the Trump Administration seeks to dismantle DEI initiatives, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart welcomed New York Times best-selling author and former president of the progressive think tank Demos, Heather McGhee, to The Weekly Show podcast on Thursday to help him make sense of it. During a discussion on Trump’s “shakedown” of elite law firms, McGhee would argue that it is easy…
Daily Show Guest Says He Hopes Usha Vance Has Stockholm Syndrome
Comedian Nimesh Patel swung by Comedy Central and The Daily Show on Tuesday to muse about Indian-Americans who support President Trump. Patel would ridicule former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and unrelated FBI Director Kash Patel, but he would direct his most venomous rhetoric towards the Vance family as he claimed to hope that Second Lady Usha Vance has Stockholm Syndrome…
NB Podcast: Michelle Obama's Favorite Artist Drops Hate Bomb on NPR
NPR is not an oasis of civility. On Friday's All Things Considered, they aired a positive story on black artist Amy Sherald, best known for painting a portrait of Michelle Obama for the National Portrait Gallery. In response to Trump's executive order cracking down on Smithsonian wokeness, Sherald said "I feel like every portrait that I make is a counterterrorist attack to counter…
Cooper Asks Sanders If Trump 'Is Trying to Whitewash American History'
CNN’s Anderson Cooper hosted a town hall with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday, and, even by CNN’s standards, it was quite the softball session. Not only did both men take advantage of fact-checker Daniel Dale apparently having better things to do with his time by accusing President Trump of “whitewashing American history,” but Cooper even invited the president of American University’s…
'Love Is Blind' Season 8 Gets Political, Villainizes Conservatives
Netflix’s Love is Blind has been a hit for eight seasons, but Season 8 took a sharp turn into politics, a stark contrast to its past. Couples debated George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, abortion, gay marriage, and Christianity’s stance on LGBTQ issues. It’s hard not to wonder if producers pushed these talks, especially since conservatives consistently ended up as the villains.
