http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/21352/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/msnbcs-sharpton-claims-voter-id-laws-are-poll-tax <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/brad-wilmouth">Brad Wilmouth</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><img style="float: right;" src="http://www.mrc.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium_280_x_158/images/2014-01-23-MSNBC-PN-Sharpton.jpg" alt="Media Research Center" title="Media Research Center" class="imagecache-medium_280_x_158" />On the Thursday, January 23, <em>PoliticsNation</em> on MSNBC, host Al Sharpton characterized voter ID laws as a "poll tax" as he celebrated the 50th anniversary of the abolition of poll taxes with the 24th Amendment's passage.<br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/msnbcs-sharpton-claims-voter-id-laws-are-poll-tax" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Politics Al Sharpton Eric Holder John Lewis MSNBC PoliticsNation Racism Voting Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:21:02 +0000 45383 at http://archive2.mrc.org http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/cnn-tees-john-lewis-liken-voter-id-laws-jim-crow <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/matt-hadro">Matt Hadro</a> </div> </div> </div> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/uploads/2012-09-14-CNN-Costello-Lewis.JPG" style="float: right; margin: 3px;" height="135" width="240" />Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) has said new voter ID laws <a href="http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/john-lewis-connects-gop-voter-suppression-to-jim-crow.php">reflect</a> old Jim Crow laws, and CNN's Carol Costello played right into his outlandish rhetoric on Friday morning.<br /> </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/cnn-tees-john-lewis-liken-voter-id-laws-jim-crow" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Carol Costello CNN John Lewis Race Issues Racism voter ID Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:25:36 +0000 matt.hadro 41240 at http://archive2.mrc.org http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/abc-gushes-over-john-lewis-who-once-compared-gop-nazis-hero-and-legend <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/scott-whitlock">Scott Whitlock</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>The hosts of <em>Good Morning America</em> on Monday fawned over Congressman John Lewis, who once compared Republicans to Nazis. GMA co-anchor <strong>Robin Roberts gushed that the liberal Democrat is a "living legend." Weatherman Sam Champion described him as a "true hero.</strong>" [See video below. MP3 audio <a href="http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/2012-07-02-ABC-GMA-Roperts.mp3">here</a>.]<br /> </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/abc-gushes-over-john-lewis-who-once-compared-gop-nazis-hero-and-legend" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division abc Good Morning America John Lewis Robin Roberts Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:59:58 +0000 scott.whitlock 40549 at http://archive2.mrc.org