Alex Christy
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Tuesday's CNN Newsroom, host John King discussed with Princeton Professor Julian Zelizer how President Trump and current protest movements fit into the idea that politics is like a pendulum. According to King, President Trump could be compared to the former segregationist George Wallace, who himself was once a beneficiary of the pendulum…
[See NewsBusters for more.] As demonstrations continue to occupy part of the Capitol Hill district of downtown Seattle, MSNBC's Vaughn Hillyard and Stephanie Ruhle defended the occupiers from accusations of anarchy and mayhem on Monday by citing their purported peaceful nature and their dedication to community.
Hillyard hyped the, "very peaceful week here on these…
[See NewsBusters for more.] When guest hosting The Last Word on Friday, MSNBC's Ali Velshi declared that given the protests and reaction to the death of George Floyd, Joe Biden has been prophetic in his calls for the country to move past President Trump's racial divisiveness. Similarly, Jonathan Alter was amazed at Biden's "perfect message for 2020."
Velshi began by…
[See NewsBusters for more.] On Friday's MSNBC Live, host Chuck Todd worried with Nikole Hannah Jones of the New York Times and the 1619 Project fame, about what needs to be done to make sure the wave of activism does not simply fade away.
By activism, Todd was not just referring to advocating for police reform, but the sort of "bottom up" activism that could be…
[See NewsBusters for more.] As President Trump headed to Texas on Thursday to meet with evangelical and law enforcement leaders, CNN's John Harwood argued that even if Trump embraces some sort of police reform, it would not matter because, "but we already know where the president's heart is and his heart is in continued racial division rather than unity."…
[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN Newsroom host Jim Sciutto is not one to miss an opportunity to engage in conspiracy mongering about voter suppression. On Wednesday's show, Sciutto was so invested in the voter suppression narrative in the aftermath of the Georgia Primary that he ignored not one, but two of CNN's own reporters telling him that the pandemic, not voter…
[See NewsBusters for more.] During MSNBC's Tuesday coverage of George Floyd's funeral in Houston, Joy Reid joined Craig Melvin to talk about the history of race and racial progress in American history. According to Reid's version of history, Democrats who opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, became Republicans, implying that the GOP of today is a racist party.
Reid explained, "It…
[See NewsBusters for more.] CNN's Saturday town hall with Sesame Street on racism started out well enough with Elmo and Big Bird teaming up with host Erica Hill to instill in young children the virtues of being kind and treating others with dignity and respect. Unfortunately, at the bottom of the hour, the focus shifted to how parents could talk to their children about…
[See NewsBusters for more.] Friday saw unexpectedly great jobs numbers that caused the unemployment rate to go down. It also saw President Trump give a news conference where he said George Floyd would be proud of what is going on across the country. These two things led many in the media, including MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, to take Trump out of context and accuse him of saying that Floyd…
[See NewsBusters for more.] MSNBC Live host Katy Tur could have used Thursday's show to try to see if there was a way that the current protests across the country in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd could bring the country together. Instead, however, she teamed up with Georgetown Professor Michael Eric Dyson to wonder if white Americans are unwittingly racist by…
