Thursday was a day of harmony as we said goodbye to Brian Williams’s career and Jussie Smith’s careers, who were both fabulists who relied on us to spread their misinformation.
MSNBC celebrated Brian Williams’ “gift to America” on the day Jussie was convicted of Chicago hate crime hoaxing.
This would be like honoring a chef who poisoned a crowd of diners. Jayson Blair and Janet Cooke were not celebrated for fabricating stories, but Williams is portrayed as an exceptional piece of journalism.
The jury evidently underlined the fraud committed by Smollett on all of America. CNN’s “Facts first” group complained that the hoax was being used to undermine the credibility and legitimacy of the media establishment. CNN did it all by themselves, sorry.
Jorge Bonilla (MRC Latino director) joins then to discuss what is happening with Spanish-language media, and other surprising developments in politics. According to polls, Hispanics are now divided between Republicans and Democrats because they hate “Latinx”. These findings are alarming for Democrat consultants that specialize in Hispanic voters.
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