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*Howard Kurtz began his weekly Sunday media show on CNN by apologizing to Jason Collins for his “sloppy and inexcusable” Daily Beast story that suggested the NBA player wasn’t telling the whole truth when he came out as gay in a Sports Illustrated cover. “The mistake I made was sloppy and inexcusable,” Kurtz said, according [...]
*The Daily Beast has fired columnist Howard Kurtz after he made a colossal boo-boo in his story about NBA player Jason Collins’ coming out, the website announced on Thursday. Earlier this week, the 34-year-old Washington Wizards center wrote an essay for Sports Illustrated in which became the first openly gay active NBA player. In response, [...]
*Soledad O’Brien is going back to her alma mater. The former anchor of CNN’s now-cancelled morning show “Starting Point” was named a distinguished visiting fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, reports the Huffington Post. Harvard said O’Brien would spend the 2013-2014 year delving into topics related to public education in America. “On Appian [...]
*CNN’s John King has taken to Twitter to further explain his erroneous report of an arrest in the Boston Marathon bombing. “Source of that description was a senior government official. And I asked, are you sure? But I’m responsible. What I am not is racist,” the anchor wrote Thursday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A [...]
*(New York, NY) — According to Rev. Al Sharpton, MSNBC host and President of National Action Network, the false reporting by the media in the Boston bombing case was offensive and inflammatory, including specific references by CNN’s John King who labeled the alleged suspect as a “dark-skinned male” perpetuating a stereotypical characterization devoid of relevant [...]
*As we reported earlier, according to a CNN report, a suspect has been identified in the Boston Marathon bombings. However, there has been no arrest, an unidentified law enforcement source now tells CNN. Several news outlets including the Associated Press and CNN previously reported that their sources confirmed that a suspect had been arrested, but [...]
*Halle Berry admits she was a little taken aback upon finding out she was with child for the second time at age 46. “I feel fantastic. This has been the biggest surprise of my life to tell you the truth,” said Berry in an interview with CNN’s Alina Cho. The Academy Award-winning actress and fiance [...]
*Dr. Conrad Murray, currently serving four years for involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson’s death, maintained his innocence and broke into song during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday. Speaking by phone on “Anderson Cooper 360,” Murray said when his sentence is up, he wants to “motivate people and continue to do selfless acts.” [...]
*Now that he’s been shown the door, former CNN newsman/contributor Roland Martin is not holding back with his criticism of the news network. Earlier this week he was on HuffPostLive with Marc Lamont Hill. He went in on the suits at CNN who he described as “largely white males.” ALSO READ: Geo. Wash. Univ. Professor [...]
*Today was Soledad O’Brien‘s last day hosting CNN’s “Starting Point,” and the veteran journalist took a trip down memory lane with her panel during the show’s “End Point” segment. Will Cain and Roland Martin spoke of their good relationship with O’Brien, both personally and professionally, while Ryan Lizza gave “a shout-out to a year’s worth [...]
*Robert Zimmerman Jr.’s at it again. People who say ignorant things think that it’s Ok to say them and then later get a spot on television to later apologize? If you’re really sorry, you wouldn’t have said it in the first place. Robert, the eldest brother of accused killer, George Zimmerman, got on CNN’s “Piers [...]
*Roland Martin must have pissed off the new powers that be at CNN because he’s getting cut off a little earlier than expected. According to FishbowlDC, the network has banned bookings for the show. “There are 17 days left on Roland Martin ‘s CNN contract. But the powers that be appear to be shutting it down early. [...]
*CNN spokesperson Edie Emery has confirmed that Roland Martin’s contract will not be renewed when it ends in the first week of April. The CNN analyst said earlier today that he is leaving the network on April 6 due to a decision made by new president Jeff Zucker. “Last day at @cnn is April 6,” [...]
*Bill Cosby isn’t anyone’s Dr. Huxtable anymore. The outspoken actor and activist recently compared today’s Republicans to racist segregationists for staying in their seats during the president’s State of the Union Address. During a discussion about the Voting Rights Act in a (debatable) post racial society on “Starting Point” with CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, he pointed to [...]
*CNN is making some big changes lately, including, as we reported, the shifting of Soledad O’Brien and possibly messing with Anderson Cooper’s show. The network’s president, Jeff Zucker may be sliding in a new black face for the 4a.m. morning show. Tamron Hall may be recruited, ending her days at MSNBC. But the question is, [...]
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