Barkley: Public ‘Too Stupid’ To Understand People On TV, Radio Have Hidden Agendas
By Jeffrey Poor, Breitbart News
In a portion of an interview conducted with Seth Davis of Campus Insiders, former NBA great Charles Barkley discussed his remarks on Ferguson, MO and the hazards of the destructive behavior regarding the Ferguson grand jury aftermath had on the African-American community. “You know, most of the people on television and radio have a hidden agenda,” he continued. “But I think the general public is too stupid to understand that. Everyone says Charles is going to be brutally honest and straightforward – until they say I disagree with their side of the equation. You can’t have your cake and eat it, too.”
Rolling Stone, Don Lemon top 2014 worst of journalism list
The high priests and priestesses of media, also known as the Columbia Journalism Review, have weighed in on the worst journalism of 2014. Among those cited by CJR for its 2014 DART awards are CNN, CBS’ 60 Minutes and Rolling Stone magazine.
At the top of the CJR list is Rolling Stone for its narrative on “Jackie,” a disturbing story about a University of Virginia undergraduate who said she was gang-raped at a fraternity. CNN’s Don Lemon also got a DART for several cringe-worthy on-air fumbles this year.
Lemon, who has established himself as one of CNN’s go-to-reporters on big stories, was cited for gaffes that included pondering whether Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was swallowed by a black hole and telling an alleged rape victim of Bill Cosby, “You know, there are ways not to perform oral sex if you don’t want to do it. … Meaning the use of teeth, right?”
In the midst of last month’s unrest in Ferguson, Mo., Lemon offered this nugget from the scene, “Obviously, there’s the smell of marijuana in the air.”
CJR also took aim at 60 Minutes’ Lara Logan for her segment “The Ebola Hot Zone.” Reporting on the virus in Liberia, the South Africa-native Logan managed not to air one interview with an African.