This week’s Mainstream Media Scream features the debate over the Michael Brown case in Ferguson, Mo., and comments from a Nation magazine blogger on MSNBC that country was built on a foundation of racism and white supremacy.
In blaming America for the deadly shooting, The Nation magazine’s Mychal Denzel Smith said on MSNBC’s The Reid Report:
“The parameters of the conversation are so narrowly defined as to define racism as a personal hatred towards black people. And we’re not then dealing with the systemic ideas that uphold racism and white supremacy in this country. … What we refuse to deal with is the idea — the fact — that our, the foundation of this country is racism and white supremacy and all of our institutions uphold that.”
Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains our pick: “Smith said what one suspects liberal journalists really think and what are the underlying presumptions held by most of MSNBC’s staff. America has a guilt which can never be overcome. It certainly explains how they can see Al Sharpton as a legitimate political player and journalist.”
Rating: Four out of five screams.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
