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Immature: CNN’s Cooper Rages at ‘Little Big Man,’ ‘Thug’ Trump

June 2nd, 2020 8:19 PM

Having long since decided to abandon being a journalist and instead offer condescending, partisan, vile commentaries against President Trump and others he doesn’t like, CNN’s AC360 host Anderson Cooper joined his fellow CNN performance artists Monday in throwing Olbermann-like tantrums. In light of the President giving another address to the nation and walking over to the damaged St.…

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CBS Lectures NYPD Chief, Demands He Admit Police Racism

June 2nd, 2020 4:28 PM

During an interview with NYPD Chief Terence Monahan on Tuesday, CBS This Morning co-host Tony Dokoupil pressed him to admit “racism” was plaguing police departments across the country. After Monahan rejected the notion, Dokoupil and fellow co-host Gayle King engaged in hand-wringing over his refusal to accept the accusation.

 

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Nets More ‘Outraged’ by Trump Church Visit Than Rioters Burning It

June 2nd, 2020 12:45 PM

On Monday, the network morning shows offered a combined 69 seconds of coverage on historic St. John’s Church in Washington, D.C. being set on fire and vandalized by violent protesters Sunday night. On Tuesday, those same broadcasts devoted a combined 30 minutes of coverage to hyping the “outrage” over President Trump visiting the church Monday evening.

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Venomous: Lemon Claims Trump Is ‘Declaring War on Americans’

June 1st, 2020 7:24 PM

CNN Tonight host Don Lemon continued to foment division and hatred Monday night for people that disagree with him and CNN, declaring after President Trump’s address to the nation that America’s “teetering on a dictatorship” and “declaring war on Americans.” As if to signal that he’s set on more violence, he warned that Trump’s “playing a very, very dangerous game” as Americans “feel…

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ESPN Guest: America 'Earned' Looting, Rioting, Burning

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June 1st, 2020 6:22 PM

Author and radio host Lenard Larry McKelvey, known professionally as "Charlamagne tha God," went H. Rap Brown on ESPN's First Take television show Monday. He claimed America earned every bit of the social unrest over its 400 years of white supremacy. The militant Brown said during the racial unrest of the 1960s that if America doesn't come around we will burn it to the ground, and…

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Night of Lies: Fredo Excuses Riots, Defends Media, Blames Trump

June 1st, 2020 3:33 PM

After five excruciating hours Saturday night into early Sunday of CNN Tonight hack Don Lemon, Sunday night featured three hours of Prime Time host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo. Like some of his colleagues, Cuomo offered brief, dull excuses for those rioting to supposedly honor the late George Floyd while, in the same vein, serving up more emphatic defenses of those carrying out violence. For…

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CNN's Harwood Says GOP Opposed, Dems Supported Civil Rights Movement

June 1st, 2020 3:12 PM

In the aftermath of the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, CNN's John Harwood reported on Monday's CNN Newsroom that the White House was considering holding a listening session with black leaders. Harwood also cast doubt on the effectiveness of such a session, because not only does President Trump have a credibility problem on the issue, but the entire…

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CBS ‘Experts’ Claim ‘White Americans’ Have ‘Contempt for Black Life'

June 1st, 2020 1:00 PM

On Monday, CBS This Morning lined up so-called “experts” on race relations to accuse “white Americans” of being “taught” to have “contempt for black life” and that racism was like “dust in the air,” something “ingrained in our society.” The nasty blanket statements were treated as objective fact rather than radical declarations.

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Activism: CNN Reporter Explains Rioting as Done Out of ‘Pain,’ Racism

June 1st, 2020 11:30 AM

A few hours after an emotional moment on CNN in which national correspondent Sara Sidner asked a question of Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo on behalf of the late George Floyd’s family, Sidner reflected on it and, with help from Prime Time host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo, she explained to viewers why there’s been widespread looting and rioting. The excuse? Well, it’s because of…

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MSNBC's Velshi Lets Dem Guest Overstate Police Shootings of Blacks

May 31st, 2020 4:49 PM

Over the weekend on MSNBC's Velshi show, as anchor Ali Velshi covered the riots and protests that have spread across the U.S., he not only allowed Democratic Congressman Hank Johnson to misinform viewers by overstating how many black suspects are killed by police officers each year compared to other racial groups, but he also flirted with rationalizing the violence of rioters by…

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MELTDOWN: Lemon Goes on Rant Defending Riots as ‘Mechanism’ for Change

May 31st, 2020 2:50 AM

CNN Tonight host Don Lemon suffered a meltdown for the ages Saturday night, spending almost 11 minutes unloading his disdain for America in 2020 and, except for a mealy-mouthed condemnation, giving support for the rioting and other criminal acts supposedly done to mourn the death of George Floyd. Lemon’s defense? Apparently, this will all serve as a “mechanism for a restructure of our…

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CNN's Gergen Calls It 'Nuts' for Bill Barr to Urge 'Law and Order'

May 30th, 2020 8:33 PM

Late Saturday afternoon, during live coverage of the protests and riots in reaction to the police-involved death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, CNN host John Berman and analyst David Gergen fretted over Attorney General Bill Barr calling for "law and order" in a statement addressing the violence. Gergen called the choice of words a "dog whistle" and declared it to be "nuts" that it was…

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MSNBC Host Hints Rioters No Worse Than Pro-Trump Protesters

May 30th, 2020 7:27 PM

On Saturday morning, MSNBC weekend anchor Kendis Gibson had difficulty seeing a difference between peaceful anti-lockdown protesters in Michigan and violent protesters in Minnesota who are looting and committing arson -- other than a racial difference -- as he fretted over President Donald Trump condemning one, but not the other.

Some in Media Defend Kaepernick's Call to ‘Fight Back'

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May 30th, 2020 10:00 AM
Amid the sports media reports on LeBron James and other athletes expressing outrage over the killing of George Floyd, the New York Daily News, Deadspin and the New Jersey Advocate featured excuses for the violent rioting. Sarah Valenzuela's story in the New York Daily News focused on former NFL player Colin Kaepernick (at right in photo) blatantly defending the riots and the arson: