Andrea Mitchell Wonders If WashPost Reporter Was ‘Detained For Reporting...
In the wake of Ferguson, Missouri teen Michael Brown’s shooting death following a confrontation with local police, two reporters, one with the Washington Post and another with the Huffington Post,...
View ArticleSharpton Hits Back at Critic Who Called Him 'Coon' for Seeking Publicity...
Soon after 18-year-old Michael Brown was gunned down by an unidentified policeman on Sunday afternoon in Ferguson, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis, Rev. Al Sharpton arrived on the scene to “speak up for...
View ArticleBefore Catching Himself, Luke Russert Speaks of the 'Murder' of Michael Brown
Was it a simple mistake, or more deeply revealing of how Luke Russert regards events in Ferguson, MO? With Chuck Todd on his way to Meet The Press, Russert hosted MSNBC's Daily Rundown today....
View ArticleNBC’s Mitchell Declares Al Sharpton In Ferguson ‘On A Peace Mission’
Filling in as host on NBC’s Meet the Press, Andrea Mitchell, NBC's Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and host of MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports, rushed to defend her colleague Al Sharpton for his...
View ArticleJesse Jackson Insists No Situation Could Exist Where Michael Brown Should...
Appearing on the Steve Malzberg Show on Newsmax TV, Reverend Jesse Jackson maintained that regardless of the events prior to Michael Brown’s death, there was no instance in which the Ferguson police...
View ArticleWashPost's Lowery: Ferguson, Mo., the Nation's Other 'War'
Wesley Lowery was catapulted from relative obscurity to household-name status last week, at least for obsessive viewers of the MSNBC network, thanks to his arrest and brief detention by authorities in...
View ArticleMaddow Gets it Backward, Claims That Ferguson Police Have Been 'Rioting'
Presumption of innocence -- A hallowed principle of criminal law to the effect that the government has the burden of proving every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt and that the defendant...
View ArticleMSNBC Contributor Michelle Bernard Sees 'War on Black Boys' in America, Fears...
Move over, War on Women, there's a new war in town. On the August 18 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, contributor Michelle Bernard warned there is a "war on black men" in the United States, as evidence...
View ArticleCNN's Pereira Bemoans Chicago Violence 'Taking A Back Seat in the Headlines;'...
On Tuesday's This Hour, Michaela Pereira endorsed guest L. Z. Granderson's take on the media's extensive coverage of the ongoing turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri in the wake of the shooting death of...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh on Outrage Over Ferguson Video: 'It Destroyed the Myth' About...
Ever since police in Ferguson, Mo., released surveillance footage that appears to show Michael Brown stealing cigars from a convenience store minutes before he was shot to death after a confrontation...
View ArticleBozell & Graham Column: The Media's Sharpton Agenda In Ferguson
The late media critic Edwin Diamond once notably quipped that to the American news media, “10,000 deaths in Nepal equals 100 deaths in Wales equals 10 deaths in West Virginia equals one death next...
View ArticleOnly NBC Acknowledges Gov. Jay Nixon Calling For ‘Vigorous Prosecution’ of...
On Tuesday, August 19, Governor Jay Nixon (D-Mo.) called for the “vigorous prosecution” of Darren Wilson, the Missouri police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown last week. Despite the highly...
View ArticleDaily Beast Notes Asian-Owned Businesses Bearing Brunt of Looting in Ferguson
Here's a somewhat racial angle to the Ferguson, Mo., saga that you probably won't see MSNBC pick up on. The Daily Beast's Tim Mak today reported on "Ferguson's Other Race Problem: Riots Damaged...
View ArticleCoulter Column: In the Michael Brown Fiasco, It's No Facts, No Peace
It's important to remember that, in police shooting cases like the one in Ferguson, Missouri, the initial facts are often wrong. You don't want to end up looking like Rich Lowry, National Review...
View ArticleSpike Lee Claims ‘War on the Black Male’ Is 'Tearing This Country Apart'
Ten days after police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African-American, in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, black filmmaker Spike Lee added his voice to the tumult...
View ArticleShorter MSNBC: Nonpartisan Elections in Ferguson Are 'Shenanigans' Which...
One week after MSNBC.com staff writer Zachary Roth hinted that Ferguson, Missouri's April municipal elections are racially discriminatory, MSNBC host Joy Reid took that argument out for a spin on the...
View ArticleColumnist Thomas Sowell: 'Politics Are Undermining Law' in Ferguson, Missouri
Thomas Sowell has done it again. The economist and syndicated columnist regularly produces thought-provoking work, but his column today on the media's role in stoking a mob mentality in the aftermath...
View Article'Where's Officer Wilson?' CNN.com Headline Demands
In the center of CNN.com's front page right now is a headline demanding, "Where's Officer Wilson?" "As Ferguson calmed after nights of protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, the...
View ArticleUSA Today Reporter Says She And 'Other' Protesters Stung With Tear Gas in...
Look no further for an example of why police in Ferguson, Mo., don't trust the media. USA Today reporter Yamiche Alcindor appeared on MSNBC shortly before midnight on Aug. 18 for an interview with...
View ArticleMSNBC's Kornacki Clams Up as Guest Calls Michael Brown Death 'Murder'
Dial MSNBC for Murder . . . The Lean Forward network is the place to go if that's the way you want to hear the death of Michael Brown described. On August 12th, NB'S Ken Shepherd noted that Chris...
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