All eyes are on Minnesota, where a police officer killed another Black motorist just minutes away from the courthouse where Derek Chauvin stands trial in the death of George Floyd. Also, the suspension of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and the extensive coverage of the death of Prince Philip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H_ZdnvMJnE
Eugene Robinson, Washington Post: “Opinion: Black Americans all got Derek Chauvin’s message. Loud and clear.”
Josh Marcus, The Independent: “The Minnesota journalists of colour changing the way policing is covered in America amid the Derek Chauvin trial”
Frank Pallotta, CNN: “’SNL takes on the Derek Chauvin trail via a Minnesota morning show”
Ari Shapiro, NPR: “How a Minnesota paper is covering the Chauvin trial from the Black perspective”
Alexis Benveniste, CNN: “What it’s like to be a reporter in the courtroom during the Derek Chauvin murder trial”
Paul Butler, Washington Post: “Opinion: When to ignore race in the Derek Chauvin trial”
Camryn Allen & Emilie Lutostanski, Local Media Association: “Sahan Journal transforms reporting covering immigrants, refugees, and communities of color during COVID-19 and racial justice uprising”
ADL: Fire Tucker Carlson
Jonathan Greenblatt, Anti-Defamation League: “ADL letter to Fox News condemns Tucker Carlson’s impassioned defense of ‘great replacement theory’”
Chris Cameron, New York Times: “The Anti-Defamation League calls for Tucker Carlson to be fired over ‘replacement theory’ remarks.”
Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine: “Tucker Carlson endorses white supremacist theory by name”
Brian Stelter, CNN: “ADL calls on Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson over racist comments about ‘replacement’ theory”
Oliver Darcy, CNN: “Lachlan Murdoch dismisses ADL complaint, says Fox sees no problem with Tucker Carlson’s ‘replacement theory’ remarks”
Caleb Ecarma, Vanity Fair: “Tucker Carlson leans into white-power hour, promotes racist replacement theory”
Ari Berman, Mother Jones: “Tucker Carlson defends racist ‘white replacement theory’”
Philip Bump, Washington Post: “Tucker Carlson’s espousal of ‘replacement’ theory is both toxic and ahistoric”
Nikki McCann Ramirez, Media Matters for America: “Tucker Carlson, the face of Fox News, just gave his full endorsement to the white nationalist conspiracy theory that has motivated mass shootings”
Houston reporter ousted
Mike Florio, NBC Sports: “Report: Comments regarding Deshaun Watson cost Houston Chronicle reporter Aaron Wilson his job”
Diana Moskovitz & Kalyn Kahler, Defector: “NFL reporter who compared women suing Deshaun Watson to terrorists no longer working for Houston Chronicle”
The death of Prince Phillip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H_ZdnvMJnE
Jim Waterson & James Tapper, The Guardian: “BBC flooded with complaints over coverage of Prince Philip’s death”
Jake Kanter, Deadline: “Blanket coverage of Prince Philip’s death proves to be a big turn-off for British TV viewers”
Marisa Dellatto, New York Post: “BBC viewers complain about overkill coverage of Prince Philip death”
Irish Times: “BBC sets up page for people to complain over Prince Philip coverage”
William Booth & Miriam Berger, Washington Post: “As Britain mourns Prince Philip, palace announced private funeral for April 17”
