Accuracy in Media

The National Association of Black Journalists gave its 2014 Thumbs Down Award to National Public Radio (NPR) for canceling the Tell Me More program and eliminating 28 positions in the NPR newsroom. The NABJ issues the Thumbs Down Award annually for reporting, commentary or other content found to be racially insensitive, or for practices that […]

On Sunday’s Meet The Press, former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Hillary Clinton’s early-stage presidential campaign would do well to distance itself from the presidencies of Barack Obama, and of her husband Bill. Gibbs was responding to Meet The Press anchor David Gregory’s question on how Hillary should position herself “vis-à-vis” Obama, noting that his […]

Former NBA star Charles Barkley blasted the media on Thursday for helping to stir up charges of racism in the days since the George Zimmerman verdict was announced and said that he agreed with the verdict. Barkley appeared on CNBC’s Closing Bell and spoke with Maria Bartiromo about the Zimmerman trial: Well I agree with […]

Chris Matthews, who spent most of last week accusing the Republican Party of racism, including a particularly bitter exchange with RNC chairman Reince Priebus, continued his attacks on Monday when he accused the Romney campaign of “encouraging white anger.” Matthews appeared on Monday afternoon on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss his special one-hour profile […]

MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews was all wound up on Monday’s Morning Joe program from Tampa when he tore into one of the guests, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, and accused Romney and the Republican Party of playing the race card. Mattthews was upset at Mitt Romney’s joke on Friday in which he said, “no one’s ever […]

“But I do not understand what I think is the maligning and maliciousness of this President. Why is he different? And in my community, that is the question that we raise. In the minority community, that is the question that is being raised. Why is this President being treated so disrespectfully,” said Rep. Sheila Jackson […]

Former Speaker of the House and now GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich got caught in the liberal media’s desire to paint him as a racist for calling Obama the most successful food stamp president in American history. This statement, which he first made in a speech to the Georgia Republican Party on Friday, was seized […]

The never-shy Rev. Al Sharpton played up the race card during a panel at the National Action Network meeting last week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCxPXQdaxY4 Sharpton took issue with the panel’s moderator  Roland Martin who wanted to know what Obama’s falling approval ratings among African-Americans means with the election only a year and a half away: Sharpton: One, […]