David Brooks: Obama's Address on Race 'Was a Symphony

July 21st, 2013 2:25 PM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, the Obama-loving media's gushing and fawning over the President's address Friday concerning race and the George Zimmerman verdict has been nothing less than sick-making. Potentially the most vomitous remark yet came from New York Times columnist David Brooks who actually said on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday - with a straight face, no less! - it "was a…

Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake Dedicate Song to Trayvon Martin at NYC Con

July 20th, 2013 6:01 PM
Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake dedicated a song to Trayvon Martin during their concert at Yankee Stadium Friday night. In a video captured by a member of the audience, as the couple began their last song of the evening - "Forever Young" - Jay-Z yelled to the crowd, "Everybody put a cell phone and light it up. Let's light the sky for Trayvon Martin tonight in here":

Beyonce and Jay-Z Join Sharpton and Trayvon Martin's Mother at Protest

July 20th, 2013 3:36 PM
Kicking off a day of nationwide protests of the George Zimmerman verdict, hip-hop stars Beyonce and Jay-Z joined Al Sharpton and Trayvon Martin's mother at a rally in Harlem Saturday. The New York Post reported:

Pat Buchanan: Obama’s Race Remarks Friday ‘Insidious’ – ‘Pre

July 20th, 2013 2:39 PM
Syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan had some harsh words for Barack Obama’s address Friday concerning race and the George Zimmerman verdict. Appearing on PBS’s McLaughlin Group, Buchanan said Obama’s comments were “insidious” adding, “The President has taken sides in what is becoming unfortunately a pretty nasty racial dispute in this country.”

Mike Allen's Mealy-Mouthed Defense Of Obama's Trayvon Martin Remarks

July 20th, 2013 8:20 AM
Imagine that FDR, in his first inaugural, instead of rallying Americans with the notion that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself," had stoked the nation's unease by harping on how bad the Depression was.  If Mike Allen had been around in 1933, perhaps he would have defended FDR by writing "there was plenty of unease before the speech, so it's hard to blame the President." For that…

Kossacks Stand Their Ground: Zimmerman, Supporters Guilty of 'Racial H

July 20th, 2013 6:46 AM
The Daily Kos gang reacted quickly, and kept reacting, to last Saturday night's verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. A frequent theme was that both Zimmerman and those who endorsed his acquittal were motivated by fear and loathing of blacks. "JPax" argued on Sunday that not only Zimmerman but also his diversity-hating sympathizers should have a certain candy repeatedly thrown at them:

Gun Owner Ed Schultz Flip-flops on Guns in 24 Hours

July 19th, 2013 7:10 PM
That's odd, Ed Schultz is usually a model of consistency, at least when it comes to robotic repetition of left-wing talking points. It's when things get, uh, nuanced, one of liberals' favorite words, that Schultz runs into trouble. (Audio clips after the jump)

Krauthammer: Obama ‘Reinjected’ Race Into Zimmerman Controversy

July 19th, 2013 7:06 PM
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer had some harsh words for Barack Obama’s address to the nation Friday concerning the George Zimmerman verdict. Appearing on Fox News’s Special Report, Krauthammer said the President “reinjected” race into the controversy with his words.

Breitbart's Shapiro Outshines Politico's Tau in Initial Coverage of Pr

July 19th, 2013 3:15 PM
President Obama made a surprise appearance at today's White House briefing. He chose to speak on Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman situation. Byron Tau at the Politico and Ben Shapiro at Breitbart.com's Big Government have initial reports. Let's compare them, shall we?

Blogger Mychal Denzel Smith Equates Zimmerman Defense with Justifying

July 19th, 2013 3:00 PM
MSNBC's Steve Kornacki took to the air on Sunday morning's edition of Up with a panel comprised exclusively of liberal African Americanshe panel, which was composed of exclusively African-American liberals, all in agreement regarding their disdain for the not-guilty verdict reached in the Zimmerman trial on Saturday. [Link to the audio here] But Mychal Denzel Smith of The Nation took his…

Twitter Explodes With Vulgar Racial Epithets Towards Bill Cosby and Ch

July 19th, 2013 1:57 PM
On Thursday, NewsBusters reported stunning comments made by Emmy Awarding-winning actor Bill Cosby and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley concerning race and the George Zimmerman trial. Much as liberals attacked conservative talk radio host Larry Elder for his comments about this issue Wednesday, Twitter exploded with vulgar racial epithets towards Cosby and Barkley Thursday (extreme vulgarity…

Speaking for ‘All White People,’ Chris Matthews Apologizes to Blac

July 19th, 2013 1:18 PM
On Thursday, limousine liberal Chris Matthews took it upon himself to apologize on behalf of all white people for unspecified transgressions. “I’ll just tell you one thing,” Matthews said. “And I’m speaking now for all white people, but especially [the ones] who’ve tried to change the last 50 or 60 years. And a lot of them really tried to change, and I’m sorry for this stuff. That’s all I’m…

Charles Barkley: ‘I Don’t Think the Media Has a Pure Heart’ or

July 18th, 2013 6:31 PM
NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley made some stunning comments concerning the George Zimmerman trial Thursday. Appearing on CNBC’s Closing Bell, Barkley not only said that he agreed with the verdict, but also that when it comes to race, “I don’t think the media has a pure heart…A lot of these people have a hidden agenda” (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Bill Cosby: Don’t Bring Race Into Discussions About George Zimmerman

July 18th, 2013 4:09 PM
In a Tuesday interview, actor and comedian Bill Cosby said that it was impossible to prove George Zimmerman was a racist and that as a result, he was uninterested in trying to discuss the killing of Trayvon Martin in that context. “Let’s not go into a racial discussion unless we really have something there,” he told radio hosts Domenick Nati and Nate Foutz.