On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” host Joy Reid claimed that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s call for nationwide stop-and-frisk at a Fox News town hall earlier in the week was in response to a question on “the killings
On Friday’s broadcast of PBS’ “Washington Week,” host Gwen Ifill claimed “we don’t actually hear Republicans talk that much over the years about poverty, though they do talk about crime.” Ifill said, “Donald Trump, when he speaks of these issues,
On Friday’s broadcast of “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that “there does seem to be some evidence of a Ferguson effect,” and “there’s clear bias in the way African-Americans are treated. On the other hand, I used to
During Saturday’s Weekly Address, President Obama said the new National Museum of African American History and Culture “tells a story of America that hasn’t always taken a front seat in our national narrative.” Transcript as Follows: “Hi everybody. This weekend, we’ll
During Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) said that President Obama has “proven himself unable” to meet the challenge of Islamic extremism, and “his allies in Congress want to release every single terrorist from the military’s custody at Guantanamo
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” author and fellow at the Atlantic Council and the Modern War Institute at West Point Max Brooks stated that Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers are “not her
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that even if Keith Lamont Scott had a gun, “you don’t have to kill every time somebody does something that makes you nervous. … If I was the police
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher reacted to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s support for Israel-style profiling by saying, “every once in a while, Donald Trump says something right, because we profile already. We just do it
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s response to the bombings in New York and New Jersey, “doesn’t really tell you how she’s going to stop
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump by stating, “he and Trump were the outsiders, and what was their calling card
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Michael Oren, the Deputy Minister for Diplomacy to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu stated, “we need a strong America. We need a united America, an America that’s willing to assume leadership
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump stated that he was “really referring to Chicago” with his comments that he would “do stop-and-frisk.” Trump said, [relevant remarks begin around 5:00] after praising
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP President Minister Corine Mack argued that “it doesn’t really matter” if Keith Lamont Scott had a gun when he was shot by police. Mack said that the police should release video of the Scott
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory said that he is declaring a state of emergency, dispatching the National Guard to help out police in Charlotte, and has not heard from President Obama while speaking with the Fox News Channel during its
During a report from Charlotte at around 9:40 pm, eastern time, on “The Kelly File,” Fox News Correspondent Steve Harrigan reported that the scenes in Charlotte were ones that he last saw in the West Bank. Harrigan said the scene
During an interview set to air on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump stated that he would use stop-and-frisk to reduce crime rates in the African-American community. Trump responded to a question on what
UPDATE: Lavandera later reported that a man who said he was the attacker came up to him, hugged him, and apologized for attacking him. This CNN reporter said on air that the man came back, apologized & hugged him. #CharlotteProtest https://t.co/dnWITaTiWl
During an interview with Columbus, OH’s ABC6/FOX28 WSYX/WTTE on Wednesday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump stated that he changed his position on President Obama’s place of birth because “I just wanted to get on with — we want to get on with
During an interview broadcast on Wednesday’s “OutFront” on CNN, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi stated that “Islamic rhetoric” must be corrected, and we should use the term “Islamic extremism” because “It is really important that we state the truth, so that
During an interview broadcast on Wednesday’s edition of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” Hassan Rouhani didn’t deny that the cash payments given to Iran were ransom for the four American released back in January, which prompted NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and MSNBC
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “MSNBC Live,” National Action Network President and MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton discussed the police shootings of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte and Terence Crutcher in Tulsa and stated that the protests in Charlotte aren’t about
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Clinton Campaign Manager Robby Mook dodged questions about Clinton’s Syria policy, which prompted members of the panel to say, “we may be tiptoeing into Gary Johnson territory here,” and ask, “you can’t lay
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” State Department Spokesperson Rear Admiral John Kirby (Ret.) stated, “I wouldn’t debate the fact that there’s the potential for ISIS terrorists to try to insert themselves,” among Syrian refugees, and
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX) stated that sometimes political correctness gets in the way of law enforcement doing its job. Cuellar said, “PC cannot stand in the way of law
During protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, CBS affiliate WBTV captured footage of protesters jumping on and damaging a police cruiser. Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” NextGen Climate founder and Hillary Clinton supporter Tom Steyer announced that his organization is putting $20 million into a $55 million program with “four national unions…going door-to-door in eight swing states, trying to
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” RealClearPolitics Associate Editor and columnist A.B. Stoddard argued that President Obama is “running out the clock” in Syria, while Hillary Clinton avoids mentioning Syria because “she doesn’t want to be associated with
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Trump Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway reacted to reports that former President George H.W. Bush is planning on voting for Hillary Clinton by stating that she respects “the 92-year-old former president very much, and his
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Fast Money Halftime Report,” former President Bill Clinton responded to a question on whether his daughter Chelsea would be a “conduit” to his wife by remaining at the Clinton Foundation even if Hillary Clinton is
During CNN’s coverage of President Obama’s address before the UN on Tuesday, CNN Senior International Correspondent Clarissa Ward stated that “there has been a reluctance on the part of his administration to kind of roll up their sleeves, and hold your
