The “Weekend Update” segment on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” made fun of former Ravens player Ray Lewis for his comments about Baltimore. Co-host Colin Jost stated, “former Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis spoke out against the violence in Baltimore, saying ‘violence
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” did a mock depiction of the Baltimore Orioles game played to an empty stadium earlier this week. The sketch makes references to the awkwardness of playing a game with no fans, such as a kiss cam
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” decided to give up on competing with the pay-per-view broadcast of the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight by “pirating” the broadcast of the fight. The sketch begins with NBC recapping its sports line-up of hockey, the Kentucky Derby, and
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke (D) argued that the police officers charged in Freddie Gray’s death could not get a fair trial in Baltimore on Saturday’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” on the Fox News Channel. Clarke was asked if he
Former prosecutor and Fox News Channel host Judge Jeanine Pirro stated that “we all need to step back and let the justice system take its course” in the trial of six officers in the death of Freddie Gray on Saturday’s
Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Clark dismissed conflict of interest allegations against prosecutor Marilyn Mosby as a “typical front,” but said “people should be concerned, are the police going to continue to work?” on Saturday’s “Up with Steve Kornacki” on
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said there is a crisis in relations between African-Americans and law enforcement in an excerpt of an interview with “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd aired on Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Up with Steve Kornacki.”
New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that when it comes to poverty “the problem is not that we don’t care. We don’t know what to do” on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks stated, “The problem is not that we don’t care.
Columnist Pat Buchanan praised President Obama’s speech after the riots in Baltimore, but said that the charges brought against six police officers in Freddie Gray’s death were “overdone” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Buchanan said, “after the riot started, the president
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry said that “a lot of people have wanted” a white heavyweight champion “for a long time” on Saturday. In a discussion on the upcoming Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, Harris-Perry asked, “the heavyweight champion is white, and has been for a
Dayvon Love co-founder of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle and member of the Baltimore United Coalition stated “Baltimore just shows the sophistication of white supremacy, and how it operates” on Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC. Love said, “I think people
CNN reporter Miguel Marquez asked a police officer “are we under martial law?” during an argument with law enforcement while covering arrests after Baltimore’s 10 pm curfew on Friday. Marquez, while interviewing someone who had been arrested, was ordered to
Author Ben Stein dubbed Toya Graham, the woman who prevented her son from rioting in Baltimore, “Rosa Parks for 2015” on Saturday’s “The Cost of Freedom” on the Fox News Channel. Stein said, “I think she is Rosa Parks for
Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) urged the passage of trade promotion authority, and promised “trade promotion authority does not give any president any new authority to expand immigration or change other laws without the approval of the Congress of the United
President Obama said that his free community college program is a way to show “we believe in opportunity for all” during Saturday’s weekly address. Transcript as Follows: “Hi everybody. I’m speaking with you from the DC Public Library in Anacostia,
Tufts University History professor Peniel Joseph declared that President Obama “has a lot of soul-searching to do” because he won’t allow Jesse Jackson into the White House on Thurday’s “HuffPost Live.” Joseph began by talking about Erin Burnett’s interview with Baltimore
HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher said that Hillary Clinton is “distancing herself from her husband” on crime on Friday. Initially, Maher stated, “most of the Republican politicians I heard this week said some variation of ‘well, it’s the breakdown
Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation and former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov argued that the US is already back in the Cold War with Russia on Friday’s “Real Time” on HBO. Kasparov said of Putin, “it’s everybody’s problem, because
“Mike,” who was identified as a Baltimore Police Officer who knows the six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, said that police were instructed “we’re not making any arrests, we’re going to let them destroy property” on Friday’s
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke (D) declared the charges brought against six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray “George Zimmerman and the Duke Lacrosse case all over again” and said “these cops are political prisoners,” offered up as human
Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that if a political ideology can be blamed for Baltimore’s schools “it is the ideology of liberals” on Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. After talking about the problem of fatherlessness in Baltimore, Krauthammer
State Department Acting Deputy Spokesperson Jeff Rathke refused to say if the State Department has a problem with the Clintons’ failure to report foreign donations to the foundation during Friday’s State Department Press Briefing. Rathke was asked by AP Diplomatic Writer
Richard Shipley, Freddie Gray’s stepfather, said that Gray’s family is “satisfied” with the charges brought against six officers in Gray’s death and that “the last thing that Freddie would want is to see the hard-working people of Baltimore lose their
Michael Davey, an Attorney with the Fraternal Order of Police declared, “these officers did nothing wrong” and that charges brought against six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray are driven by “the publicity in this case” and “politics”
President Obama said that the officers charged in Freddie Gray’s death are “are also entitled to due process and rule of law” and that “it is my practice not to comment on the legal processes involved. That would not be
