Soledad O’Brien Gives Breitbart.com’s Readers A Lesson In Critical Race Theory

Mediaite ^ | 3/12/12 | Tommy Christopher

[Nachum]

The back-and-forth between CNN’s Soledad O’Brien and Breitbart.com Chief Editor Joel Pollak continued on this morning’s Starting Point, as O’Brien sought to dispel misinformation about the late Professor Derrick Bell and Critical Race Theory, which have been the subject of smears by the Big sites. After a tough interview with O’Brien last week, Pollak’s Big sites went on a vengeful tirade against the CNN anchor, posting a flurry of articles seeking to discredit her, and promoting their warped vision of Prof. Bell.

Last week, Breitbart.com released one of the “bombshell” videos that the late Andrew Breitbart promised at this years secret, a 1991 clip of then-Harvard Law Review President Barack Obama introducing Prof. Bell at a pro-diversity protest, and even (gasp!) hugging him. The idea is that, because Barack Obama admired Prof. Bell, who was the first tenured black professor at Harvard Law, and even embraced him (on video and everything!), all of Professor Bell’s opinions are automatically transferred into Obama through some sort of negrosmosis.

The smear then depends on depicting Professor Bell, who is no longer able to speak in his own defense, as a “radical” and a “racialist,” neither of which is remotely true unless you’re the preacher from Footloose. It’s the same old “scary black man” trope that has dominated certain segments of the conservative blogosphere since President Obama got within spitting distance of winning the 2008 election, and which has been a feature of American politics for eons.

O’Brien brought on Professor Dorothy Brown, author of Critical Race Theory: Cases, Materials and Problems, to explain Critical Race Theory, and to point out that, even though the theory isn’t actually “radical,” there is also nothing in President Obama’s record to suggest that he is an adherent of it.

[Red Badger]

Soledad is the name of a prison.
Apropos...............

[Nachum]

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[raygunfan]

right, a vid of the teleprompter and fraud fawningly pimping for him....plus the TandF pushed kagen, who edited the paper from bell, calling the constitution, ‘original sin’, on to the supreme court...really?????? zero has no interest in cRT??????

riiiiiiiiight....

[skeeter]

After a tough interview with O’Brien last week, Pollak’s Big sites went on a vengeful tirade against the CNN anchor, posting a flurry of articles seeking to discredit her, and promoting their warped vision of Prof. Bell.

Hilarious. It was a tough interview alright - for Soledad Obrien. Pollak made her look like a complete fool.

Anyone who hasn't seen the interview needs to check it out. It was great.

[AtlasStalled]

Soledad O’Brien’s obsession with all things racial borders on hysteria and paranoia to the extent that I wonder if she’s mentally ill.

[nhwingut]

So a leftwinger (O’Brien) brings on another leftwinger (Dorothy Brown) to confirm that Critical Race Theory is a nothing-burger.

And then another leftwinger (Tommy Christopher) reports that it’s now officially a non issue - as evidenced by two lefties deeming it so.

LOL!

[AtlasStalled]

Haha . . . I just saw the clip. I really think Soledad O’Brien could benefit from medication. I hear they’re doing wonders with psycho drugs these days.

[dainbramaged]

Soledad is the name of a prison.
Here is the prison/escape/murder this fine young lady is named after: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jackson_%28Black_Panther%29

[Stosh]

“...there is also nothing in President Obama’s record to suggest that he is an adherent of it.”

If one considers Eric Holder “nothing”, I guess that would be true.

[philman_36]

...promoting their warped vision of Prof. Bell.
The smear then depends on depicting Professor Bell, who is no longer able to speak in his own defense...
How is using the man's own words, in both video and written form, where he himself defines Critical Race Theory warping what it means? /rhetorical

Look at this, Yaelle, I hadn't even read this article and I called it.
@This is nothing more than a smear campaign.
The MSM and leftists are so predictable.

[Iron Munro]

The real story here is that CNN and Soledad O’Brien have taken it upon themselves to become the defenders of Derrick Bell and his racist yammering.

Probably because they realize that Obama is inextricably connected with Bell, so any acceptance of Bell as a militant racist tarnishes Obama.

[kcvl]

What if the first two words in every story you have written for a particular outlet were a blatant effort to mislead your readers?

Such is the case with Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher, whose real name isn’t actually “Tommy Christopher,” the name he uses for his Mediaite byline, The Daily Caller has learned.

Christopher, an admitted “douche” who apparently enjoys karaoke, doesn’t offer a reason for misleading his readers, but a woman identifying herself as Christopher’s girlfriend on Twitter named “Diana Lynn W.” said in a since-deleted tweet it was for reasons “to protect his family”:

Here

In 2009 Christopher was fired by AOL’s Politics Daily, over what some say was an article he wrote criticizing a story about ten conservative women Playboy’s Guy Cimbalo most wanted to “hate fuck.” Christopher also used the “Tommy Christopher” byline while at Politics Daily.

[AtlasStalled]

CNN is becoming more like MSNBC each day, and no longer is even trying to pretend neutrality and objectivity in the news: the panic among the anchors that Obama may lose re-election is palpable, and the more nervous they become the more they screech.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

negrosmosis

Racists!

[kcvl]

Tommy Christopher
@tommyxtopher
I’m a media correspondent and White House reporter for Mediaite.com. I also write about politics and the White House forAsylum.com and DailyDose.us.

Southern New Jersey · http://www.mediaite.com/author/tommy-christopher/

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Tommy Christopher
@tommyxtopher
@DanRiehl @NicoleGennette Then don’t copy me on your tweets. Don’t you have a 4 year-old to harass somewhere?
4:18 PM - 11 Mar 12 via TweetDeck

18h DanRiehl; @DanRiehl
@tommyxtopher Yeah, that’s what I was doing there, harassing a 4 year old. Still slow on the uptake, I see. @NicoleGennette

http://twitter.com/#!/tommyxtopher

Tommy Christopher; @tommyxtopher
I voted! #gamechange

[kcvl]

Tommy Christopher

[MrB]

Without “racial issues”,

what would these leftwing hacks have to talk about?

Their very livelihood depends on “racial issues”.

[kcvl]

This creep doesn't even use is real name so how do we know he isn't a racist? His real name is not Tommy Christopher. What is he hiding?

[Eva]

Are you sure that HE is really a HE and not a SHE?