Anti-Semitic Remarks on CNN Slip Under Currently Elevated Racism Radar
November 25th, 2006 10:30 PM
CNN’s Kyra Phillips invited comedian Paul Mooney and radio talk show host Roland Martin on to “Newsroom” Tuesday to discuss the Michael Richards (“Kramer”) issue (hat tip to NB member MyKindaSpam). During the conversation, both guests made what many would perceive as being rather anti-Semitic remarks. This was Martin’s:Another piece is when you really examine what he said, he not only said 50…
Brian Williams on PBS: See My 'Serious, Reasoned' Newscast, Unlike Tho
November 23rd, 2006 4:42 PM
PBS talk show host Charlie Rose, who spent the 1980s at CBS doing the overnight interview show "Nightwatch," is never a softer touch than when he has a network star on his show. Monday night’s interview with NBC anchor Brian Williams gave the anchor a platform to present his newscast as a "reasoned, serious" oasis from cable-news shouters, a "half hour of peace and tranquility" with "smart people…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: November 11 to November
November 17th, 2006 9:33 AM
This past week saw The Washington Post ask a classically liberal question: Is America more racist or sexist? Following the lead of this major paper, ABC’s Diane Sawyer asked the same question, adding a surreptitious angle. She wondered, "Is the nation, secretly, I guess, more racist or more sexist?"The "Good Morning America" host wasn’t through, however. On Tuesday, she offered the query again.…
Day Two: ABC's Sawyer Repeats 'More Racist or More Sexist' Question
November 14th, 2006 2:47 PM
For the second day in a row, ABC’s Diane Sawyer questioned a guest as to whether the American voters are either secretly "more racist" or "more sexist" when they cast their ballots. During an interview with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd on Tuesday’s Good Morning America, Sawyer inquired: Sawyer: "...Ninety percent of Americans say race and gender make absolutely no difference in their…
TV Commercial - White Kids Can't Win
November 13th, 2006 10:08 AM
How long do you think it will be that we must stay under the thumb of the kind of PCism that posits that all white people are evil, wrong, losers, stupid or otherwise weak and bad?
Apparently Cisco Systems hasn't seen the end of it and that is why, in their TV commercial for their new TelePresence video conferencing system, the white kid loses.
The commercial starts off with a white boy in an…
Thursday Night Fights: Hannity and Colmes Take on Rev. Al Sharpton Ove
November 10th, 2006 10:58 AM
In a rare edition of our “Friday Night Fights” feature, the well-known duo from the Fox News hit “Hannity & Colmes” teamed together on Thursday to take on Rev. Al Sharpton (hat tip to our friend at Ms Underestimated). To set this melee up, a radio ad was played in Atlanta, Georgia, just before Election Day suggesting that a Republican-run America is like the United States before the civil…
