Jason Riley https://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/25103/all en WSJ’s Jason Riley Tears Into Obama, Sharpton on Race Relations; ‘No Interest in Being Post-Racial’ https://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/wsjs-jason-riley-tears-obama-sharpton-race-relations-no-interest-being-post-racial <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/curtis-houck">Curtis Houck</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>On the most recent edition of&nbsp;<em>Fox News Sunday</em>,&nbsp;<em>Wall Street Journal</em>&nbsp;columnist Jason Riley blasted President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, and activist/MSNBC host Al Sharpton for having&nbsp;<strong>“a vested interest in pushing a false narrative, which is that racism is an all-purpose explanation of what drives what's wrong in black America.”</strong></p><div class='signature'><p>— Curtis Houck is News Analyst at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/@curtishouck" target="_blank">Follow Curtis Houck on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="https://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/wsjs-jason-riley-tears-obama-sharpton-race-relations-no-interest-being-post-racial" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Al Sharpton Barack Obama Eric Garner Eric Holder ferguson Ferguson Missouri Fox Fox News Sunday Jason Riley President Barack Obama President Obama Race Issues race relations Wall Street Journal Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:48:51 +0000 curtis.houck 47919 at https://archive2.mrc.org Gutfeld Calls out Russell Brand for Lecturing Black Conservative on ‘How to be Black’ https://archive2.mrc.org/articles/gutfeld-calls-out-russell-brand-lecturing-black-conservative-how-be-black <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> FNC host terms Brit a ‘racist’ and ‘coward.’ </div> </div> </div> <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/kristine-marsh">Kristine Marsh</a> </div> </div> </div> <p class="normal">When moonbat lefty – and, it should be noted, markedly white – British comedic <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2014/08/25/unbelievable-white-leftist-comedian-russell-brand-tells-black-conservative-author-jason-riley-how-black-people-should-think/">actor Russell Brand scolded</a> a black WSJ political commentator, <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrileywsj">Jason Riley</a> as “freakish” and a “betrayer” of his race for not buying into the liberal narrative on the death of Michael Brown.</p><div class='signature'><p>— Kristine Marsh is Staff Writer for MRC Culture at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/kristine_writes" target="_blank">Follow Kristine Marsh on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="https://archive2.mrc.org/articles/gutfeld-calls-out-russell-brand-lecturing-black-conservative-how-be-black" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture Art & Entertainment Politics Ferguson Missouri Greg Gutfeld Jason Riley Russel Brand Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:01:22 +0000 mike.ciandella 47018 at https://archive2.mrc.org NBC’s Mitchell Declares Al Sharpton In Ferguson ‘On a Peace Mission’ https://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/nbcs-mitchell-declares-al-sharpton-ferguson-peace-mission <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/jeffrey-meyer">Jeffrey Meyer</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Filling in as host on NBC’s&nbsp;<em>Meet the Press</em>, Andrea Mitchell, NBC's Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and host of MSNBC's&nbsp;<em>Andrea Mitchell Reports</em>, rushed to defend her colleague Al Sharpton for his involvement in the Ferguson protests.</p><p>During a discussion with the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Riley,&nbsp;<strong>Mitchell declared that Sharpton was in Ferguson “on a peace mission” and not in the words of Riley to “continue to blame whites” for the death of Michael Brown.&nbsp;</strong></p><div class='signature'><p>— Jeffrey Meyer is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JeffreyPMeyer" target="_blank">Follow Jeffrey Meyer on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="https://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/nbcs-mitchell-declares-al-sharpton-ferguson-peace-mission" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Al Sharpton Andrea Mitchell Jason Riley Meet the Press NBC Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:46:32 +0000 jeffrey.meyer 46942 at https://archive2.mrc.org