Race Issues

Pro-Abortion Kamala Excites Atlanta Rally (and PBS's Barron-Lopez)
PBS’s most biased reporter, White House correspondent Laura Barron-Lopez, showed still more excitement about the fledgling Kamala Harris campaign at a rally in Atlanta, on Tuesday’s edition of the PBS News Hour. First, anchor Geoff Bennett pumped up Democratic optimism in red-leaning Georgia: Vice president Kamala Harris campaigns in Georgia, a state that's now even more hotly…

The Media POUNCE on Trump at NABJ, But What Did They Omit or Downplay?
The big Trump news story on Wednesday night and Thursday morning was the intensely hostile grilling he received at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago. Unsurprisingly, the networks pounced on Trump’s trolling claims that Kamala Harris used to identify by an Indian heritage, and then decided she was black. But what did they omit?

LAME Briefing: Reuters Invokes Islamophobia, USA Today Cheers Kamala
Wednesday’s White House press briefing not only featured two special guests to help prop up the ever-inept Karine Jean-Pierre (Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and national security flack John Kirby), but there were a number of silly questions about climate change, Islamophobia, fawning over Kamala Harris, and live reaction to former President being ambushed at the National Association of…

NewsBusters Podcast: Trump's Wild Day Taking Questions from the NABJ
Who would have thought Donald Trump would accept a tough gig at the National Association of Black Journalists convention, and Kamala Harris would not? Trump was hounded with vicious questions and yet the NABJ is erupting internally because Team Harris just couldn’t find any time for journalists, and Trump said sure, I’ll take you on.

Trump Calls ABC 'Fake News' And Other Wild Moments From The NABJ
Donald Trump stopped by the National Association of Black Journalists’ convention in Chicago on Thursday for a lively on-stage interview that saw him label ABC “fake news” and get into arguments with moderators over Kamala Harris, JD Vance, and abortion.

CNN Spins That Trump Talking To Black Journalists Is 'Controversial'
CNN senior national correspondent Sara Sidner did her best to make mountains out of molehills on Wednesday’s CNN Newsroom as she reported on a “controversial” news event. That controversy? Donald Trump speaking to the National Association of Black Journalists.

Daily Show Hints That GOP Wants To Call Harris The N-Word
After a week off, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show returned on Monday with Jon Stewart in the anchor seat to recap President Joe Biden’s decision to step aside and Vice President Kamala Harris taking his spot as the Democratic presidential nominee. During a segment with correspondent Josh Johnson, the duo claimed that race-based attacks are all Republicans have and even implied that…

Oliver Accuses GOP Of 'Outright Racism,' Claims Harris Isn't Radical
HBO’s John Oliver began Last Week Tonight on Sunday by recapping Vice President Kamala Harris’s entry into the presidential race by accusing Republicans of resorting to outright racism” and falsely accusing her of being a radical left-winger.

MSNBC: Country 'Facing A Choice' Over Racial 'Backlash' In Election
Now that Vice President Kamala Harris is the likely Democratic presidential nominee, MSNBC can revert back to their old trick of playing the race card. On Friday’s edition of The 11th Hour, Prof. Eddie Glaude Jr. joined host Stephanie Ruhle’s panel to claim the election is now a choice between the forces of the future and those advocating racial “backlash.”

Colbert Claims Only Criticism Of Harris Is She's Anti-Plastic Straws
A dishonest Stephen Colbert concluded his Wednesday monologue on CBS’s The Late Show by declaring that critics have no good criticisms of Vice President Kamala Harris and the best Fox News can do is portray her as anti-plastic straw.

MSNBC Whines That Calling Harris A 'DEI Hire' Is 'Clearly Racist'
Back in 2020, Joe Biden made it a point to pick a black woman to be his running mate. In 2024, now that Vice President Kamala Harris is running for president in her own right, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell declared it “clearly racist” on Tuesday for Republicans to point this out.

King Claims It Is 'Certain' Harris Will Face 'Racism and Sexism'
Joining CNN Newsroom on Sunday evening to react to President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will be ending his re-election bid, chief national correspondent John King predicted that “you can be certain that racism and sexism” will be directed against Vice President Kamala Harris as she replaces Biden as the likely Democratic nominee.

Oliver Trashes RNC as 'A Bunch Of D**** on Stage'
While the rest of the country was discussing President Biden’s decision to end his re-election campaign on Sunday, HBO was airing a Saturday-recorded edition of Last Week Tonight where host John Oliver ranted at Republicans for being “dicks,” supposedly not toning down their RNC rhetoric, and for being “racist.”

CBS Already Playing the Race Card for Harris, Hails Her as 'Brilliant'
Following President Joe Biden’s decision to end his re-election bid and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, CBS’s Krstine Johnson welcomed journalist Ed Gordon of fellow Paramount property Black Entertainment Television. Gordon wasted no time playing the race card in defense of Harris while hyping her “brilliant” record on abortion.