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Your audience is filled with Republicans. The Democratic convention is underway. How to cover it?
Read full article: Your audience is filled with Republicans. The Democratic convention is underway. How to cover it?The Democratic convention presents Fox News Channel with a delicate challenge — how to cover a party suddenly enthused about its election chances when much of its audience has a different political view.
Conservative Koch network disavows critical race theory bans
Read full article: Conservative Koch network disavows critical race theory bansA prominent backer of Republican causes and candidates is notably absent from the conservative political groups backing efforts to ban in schools what they call critical race theory.
Networks cut away from Trump's White House address
Read full article: Networks cut away from Trump's White House addressNEW YORK – ABC, CBS and NBC all cut away from President Donald Trump on Thursday as he spoke from the White House to make an unfounded accusation that the presidential election was being stolen from him. Trump was more subdued Thursday, yet offered a litany of complaints about “suppression” polls, mail-in voting and fraud that he never specified. Cordes said there is no indication of a substantive number of illegal votes cast, and said Trump's reference to votes arriving late was “another falsehood.”MSNBC cut away from Trump to anchor Brian Williams. “There are no illegal votes that we know of, there has been no Trump victory that we know of.”After ABC ended its coverage, the network’s White House correspondent, Jonathan Karl, also said there was no evidence of illegal votes. But especially in this election.”While CNN kept Trump on the air, a chyron displayed under him said, “Without any evidence, Trump says he's being cheated.”Anchor Jake Tapper looked weary when it was over.
‘Speak up!’ — ‘Sesame Street’ tackles racism in TV special
Read full article: ‘Speak up!’ — ‘Sesame Street’ tackles racism in TV special(AP) – “Sesame Street" has always pressed for inclusion. Sesame Workshop — the nonprofit, educational organization behind “Sesame Street” — will later this month air the half-hour anti-racist special "The Power of We” and hopes families will watch together. The special defines racism for younger viewers and shows how it can be hurtful. “Sesame Street,” which last year celebrated its 50th anniversary, has a history of explaining the world to children, tackling everything from foster care to substance abuse. The latest special comes on the heels of “Sesame Street” contributing to “Coming Together: Standing Up To Racism,” a CNN town hall special in June hosted by Van Jones and Erica Hill.
Convention-covering networks challenged by competing stories
Read full article: Convention-covering networks challenged by competing storiesRepublicans decided the show must go on and, for the most part, television networks followed. The convention is taking place in the shadow of huge stories that are happening right now, CNN's Anderson Cooper said. Networks, after giving extensive coverage to the Democrats last week, are cognizant of being fair to the Republicans. The president has been showing up every night, the president could talk about it. But former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, also a CNN contributor, said Republicans were there to try and reelect President Trump and that has to continue to remain their focus.
Coronavirus upends conventions, changes TV coverage
Read full article: Coronavirus upends conventions, changes TV coverageLOS ANGELES The Democratic and Republican conventions will lack for crowds but not television coverage. The Democratic meeting will be virtual, with Biden planning to make his acceptance speech from Wilmington, Delaware. Broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC plan an hour of nightly coverage of the conventions at 10 p.m. EDT. CNN's commentators for the Democratic meeting include Van Jones, Jennifer Granholm, Andrew Yang, and Scott Jennings. Commentary for the Republican convention will be handled by Rick Santorum, David Urban, Amanda Carpenter and Granholm.
Antebellum brings racial justice call to reopened theaters
Read full article: Antebellum brings racial justice call to reopened theatersThis image released by Lionsgate shows co-writer/directors Christopher Renz, left, and Gerard Bush on the set of "Antebellum." Filmmakers Bush and Renz planned to release their feature-length debut film, Antebellum, in the spring of 2020, just as the coronavirus pandemic exploded internationally. In Antebellum, Mone gives moviegoers a modern Black heroine who takes charge of her own liberation without a male-dominated cavalry. Their path to feature-length films with a racial justice message has been a long time coming, Bush and Renz said. Even as they anticipate finding box office success with Antebellum, Bush and Renz are already at work on their second feature-length script, under a newly formed production company, Gloaming Pictures.
Rayshard Brooks opened up about struggles of life after incarceration in an interview before his death
Read full article: Rayshard Brooks opened up about struggles of life after incarceration in an interview before his deathThose were the words of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks who was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer this month. Brooks spoke those words in February, just a few months before his death, during an interview he gave to a company called Reconnect, which focuses on fighting incarceration. Brooks told the interviewer he was arrested for false imprisonment and financial credit card fraud. "I'm like, 'oh my God, I have kids out here' ... so I'm trying to do the best option I can to be back to society," he said. You know some people say, you know, they're considering suicide."
'Sesame Street' and CNN's Town Hall Perfectly Explains Racism and the Need to Come Together
Read full article: 'Sesame Street' and CNN's Town Hall Perfectly Explains Racism and the Need to Come TogetherSesame Street has a long history of bringing important issues and powerful messages to children and families within their show. Not all streets are like Sesame Street. Not all streets are like Sesame Street. #CNNSesameStreet pic.twitter.com/mkL5ltCg21 CNN (@CNN) June 6, 2020There were also inspiring moments and segments, with 12-year-old Keedron Bryant talking about his viral song, "I Just Want To Live." https://t.co/icV04F4FNW pic.twitter.com/YF1DLZUhQj CNN (@CNN) June 6, 2020Many people watching the special, couldn't help but applaud Sesame Street and CNN on social media for delivering a meaningful message.
‘Sesame Street’ to host a town hall addressing racism
Read full article: ‘Sesame Street’ to host a town hall addressing racismAs anger and heartbreak have swept across America over the killing of yet another black man at the hands of police, CNN and "Sesame Street" are refocusing their second town hall to address racism. A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Families" will air on Saturday, June 6, at 10 a.m. They will be joined by "Sesame Street" characters -- including Elmo, Abby Cadabby and Rosita -- and other experts answering questions submitted by families. The first CNN “Sesame Street” town hall in April addressed the coronavirus pandemic that has already seen many families sheltering at home, grappling with trying to explain the dangers of COVID-19 to their children. How to watch: The town hall will air on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español.
WATCH: Here are 18 videos that sum up the biggest moments from Super Tuesday in Texas and the US
Read full article: WATCH: Here are 18 videos that sum up the biggest moments from Super Tuesday in Texas and the UShttps://t.co/GmkbzfoTpp -@JoshNBCNews pic.twitter.com/qKbOpmrbxp — MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 4, 20208. Voters at Texas Southern University experienced long lines... VERY long linesVoters wait in long lines at Texas Southern University. TSU wasn’t the only place with long lines. Long lines reported in Hidalgo County, Texas16.