The whole Pigford affair brings up a host of issues that need to be addressed. Was there racial discrimination at the U.S. Department of Agriculture? All the sources we talked to said yes. Was there a need to redress the
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) appeared on Anderson Cooper 360 and debated John Boyd, leader of the Black Farmers Association who spear-headed the Pigford II settlement. Before any case could be made by the congressman, Mr. Boyd immediately accused him of
Director Ron Howard’s “The Dilemma” isn’t going to be released until January but is already generating big press. In case you haven’t heard, in an early trailer for the film one of the stars, Vince Vaughn, who plays an auto
Because Jesus apparently put the Reverend in charge of measuring melanin. CNN published an excerpt of Soledad O’Brien’s candid memoir, The Next Big Story, in which she recounts her offense at being racially profiled by Jesse Jackson: Today he is
Have this year’s negative political ads really “taken dirty to a whole new level, as CNN’s Anderson Cooper frets? Is a “return to civility…a relic of a bygone era,” as President Barack Obama laments? Er, not exactly. If anonymous political
Last night Anderson Cooper did what few journalists dare to do: he asked the tough questions of NAACP’s Ben Jealous on the topic of the highly-controversial report the NAACP released which unfairly mischaracterized the tea party. Jealous gets flustered and
This Anderson Cooper guy is getting better and better.
Vince Vaughn on the ‘gay’ trailer non-controversy that so outraged Anderson Cooper and GLAAD: “Let me add my voice of support to the people outraged by the bullying and persecution of people for their differences, whatever those differences may be.
According to Nikki Finke, Universal sent a trailer of the upcoming film The Dilemma, directed by Ron Howard and starring Vince Vaughn, to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) in order to get their blessing. Universal claims that
As important as it is to point out moments of bias in the mainstream media, it’s also important to point out moments when the mainstream media gives us a glimmer of – dare I say – “hope” that someone out
GLAAD is just one of those organizations like PETA that you can’t help but feel sorry for. Their stars are waning; their time has passed. PETA can only grab a headline if they cough up enough money for some D-lister
Anderson Cooper won’t let Rep. Alan Grayson wriggle away from his outlandish attacks on his Republican opponent.
Editors’s Note: We have started this video at the beginning of the interview that Anderson Cooper conducted with Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson. Readers are invited to start the video from the beginning for the additional background information provided by Anderson
[youtube KfqzH5tNkgc nolink] In the early stages of the Shirley Sherrod controversy, the media began to craft the narrative Shirley Sherrod was the embodiment of the term “post-racial.” Then on July 22nd on Anderson Cooper 360, this happened: SHIRLEY SHERROD:
[youtube KfqzH5tNkgc nolink] In the early stages of the Shirley Sherrod controversy, the media began to craft the narrative Shirley Sherrod was the embodiment of the term “post-racial.” Then on July 22nd on Anderson Cooper 360, this happened: SHIRLEY SHERROD:
Anderson Cooper apologizes for not challenging Shirley Sherrod last week when she labeled Andrew Breitbart a “racist” who wants to “go back to the days of slavery” on his show. The CNN host then explored the latest controversy involving her
Even for the MSM lackeys and lickspittles who embraced the “narrative” of hope and change, the public recovery from their hangover is a brutal thing to watch. “Hello, my name is Anderson Cooper and I’m an Obamaholic.” [youtube uXsmLMV1CrM&feature nolink]
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is drawing a lot of attention from Americans right now, particularly the residents of the Gulf Coast who will have to absorb the brunt of the spill’s economic and ecological impact. Consequently,
—– Kudos to CNN’s Anderson Cooper for having someone on who not only knows of what he speaks from first-hand experience, but obviously wasn’t going to say what Cooper would’ve have liked him to say. Adkins handles himself with the
And folks at CNN wonder why their ratings are rock-bottom: with obtuse and belligerent anchors like Anderson Cooper wrapped around their necks, where else could they be? [youtube nw3k8UvFWJA nolink] Note the references to Foucault and Derrida that flow so
Legacy journalism is seeing some hard times, as the situation at ABC illustrates: its news division has announced it is going to close all of its brick and mortar bureaus around the nation (except the one in Washington DC) and
Try to control your astonishment, but the news is not good for CNN, the Least-Watched Name in News. From TV Newser: CNN hit new low viewership totals during prime time Friday night (8-11pm) in both Total Viewers and A25-54 viewers.
