Accuracy in Media

Among all of the hot takes, outrage and grief after the Charlottesville rally-turned-deadly-incident, a measured take and viewpoint by a leader of a NAACP Pennsylvania chapter sought to restore calm. Esther Lee, chapter president of the NAACP in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, pointed out that history is done and over with and it was tragic how someone […]

The Federalist’s Daniel Payne goes in-depth about the origins of the abortion provider Planned Parenthood and its founder, Margaret Sanger. Considering how white supremacy is in the news cycle, if it is logical to tear it down publicly, as Payne said, why not remind the public about the origins of Planned Parenthood? Here’s an excerpt […]

The Los Angeles Times highlighted how the NAACP created a task force to look into policy formation by the organization regarding charter schools. This move hints that the NAACP may oppose charter schools, but time will tell. Photo by USACE Buffalo

A sit-in protest at the Hill by the NAACP ignored Sessions’ record. The NAACP didn’t do this to any of Obama’s nominees, predictably, and ignored how Senator Sessions had fought for racial equality and fought for black Americans with reducing federal sentencing minimums. Apparently, the NAACP is urging other demonstrations at Sessions’ other congressional offices in […]

It’s all about consistency on the issues, really: Although the 2016 campaign may no longer “feel the Bern” after tomorrow’s primary, hundreds of supporters at the Sanders’ DC rally last Thursday feel that Bernie has something that the other two candidates lack — consistency. “The reason that we are still Sanders, the reason that we […]

Another shoe drops as Dolezal is removed from her ombudsman position with the city police, in a vote by the city council.

So Fox News reported she canceled her NAACP chapter’s meeting in Spokane, Washington for today. But, news emerged that she has resigned from her position with the NAACP this morning after her parents said she wasn’t raised as a mixed-race young woman because she is actually white.

Uh, this is a tricky and interesting situation. A NAACP activist identifies with blacks, but she’s not actually an ethnic African-American.

WASHINGTON — The president of the NAACP, Benjamin Jealous, will resign as president at the end of 2013, reports said. Reuters reported that Jealous said he wanted to spend more time with his young children and considered changing careers to teaching. He tweeted that he was proud of his accomplishments as the president for the […]

Keith Olbermann, who is still smarting from his departure at MSNBC, used his interview with Cenk Uygur, whom Sharpton is expected to permanently replace, to criticize the network for the move. Olbermann suggested that hiring Sharpton was part of a quid pro quo between the network and Sharpton’s National Action Network, which gave MSNBC president […]