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VH1's Daytime Divas: Transgender Claims to Be 'Just as Real as' Woman

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Karen Townsend
July 18th, 2017 3:35 AM
On VH1’s Daytime Divas, the first transgender host of the fictional daytime talk show “The Lunch Hour” was introduced, played by real life transgender actress and activist Janet Mock. Her appearance was used as an opportunity for the Christian host, Heather (Fiona Gubelmann), to confess that her child is transgender.
 
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NBC's Todd Asks Dem If He Can Use Exec Order to Block NC Bathroom Law

Brad Wilmouth
March 3rd, 2017 10:29 PM
On Friday's MTP Daily on MSNBC, during a pre-recorded interview with North Carolina Democratic Governor Roy Cooper about his efforts to get the state legislature to repeal the state's bathroom law, host Chuck Todd seemed to approach the interview with a premise sympathetic to getting the law repealed, and at one point even asked if it was possible for the Democratic governor to use an executive…
 
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CNN's Cuomo: NC 'Seems to Be Rigged Against African-American Vote'

Brad Wilmouth
November 4th, 2016 6:42 PM
On Friday's New Day on CNN, during a discussion of early voting statistics from North Carolina finding black turnout is down from 2012, co-host Chris Cuomo asserted that "it seems to be rigged against the African-American vote" as he recalled Donald Trump's accusations of election "rigging," and suggested that there was "sinister" activity by the Republican legislature in making changes in the…
 

NBC Covers UNC Academic Scandal, Yet Skipped Plagiarist Montana Dem

Curtis Houck
October 23rd, 2014 1:22 AM

On July 24, it was discovered that Senator John Walsh (D-Mont.) had plagiarized his thesis statement as part of earning a master’s degree from the United States Army War College and led to the College revoking his degree on October 10. Back on August 7, Walsh announced that he would not be seeking reelection (as he originally planned) and would leave office after his term ends.  Throughout the…

 

ABC and CBS North Carolina TV Stations Refuse to Air Anti-Obama Ad

Brent Baker
April 25th, 2008 8:03 PM
Charlotte ABC affiliate WSOC-TV channel 9, and Raleigh CBS affiliate WRAL-TV channel 5, have both refused to air the new ad from North Carolina's Republican Party which declares that two Democratic gubernatorial candidates “should know better” than to endorse Barack Obama since “he's just too extreme for North Carolina,” as evidenced by his long association with Reverend Jeremiah Wright. The ad…