A CBS anchor's visible shock that the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder mistrial was a Black man has drawn sharp criticism, and exposed the racial assumptions that pervade elite media. Gayle King was interviewing juror Paula Devlin on "CBS Mornings" Friday when Devlin revealed that the single juror who refused to […] The post Gayle King's on-air fixation on holdout juror's race raises uncomfortable questions about media priorities appeared first on American Almanac .
A CBS anchor's visible shock that the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder mistrial was a Black man has drawn sharp criticism, and exposed the racial assumptions that pervade elite media. Gayle King was interviewing juror Paula Devlin on "CBS Mornings" Friday when Devlin revealed that the single juror who refused to join the other eleven had been the only Black person on the panel. King, 71, stopped the conversation cold. "A black man is the holdout juror?" she asked. Then: "Woah, I have to sit with that for just a second." The moment, captured on video and posted to the show's official X account, drew immediate backlash from conservative commentators who said King's reaction laid bare a set of assumptions about how a…Open
The funniest thing you’ll see all week is the moment CBS Mornings content creator Gayle King found out the lone juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial who wouldn’t vote to acquit, resulting in a mistrial, was a black man. She nearly needed smelling salts. In an interview Friday, Paula Devlin, one of the witches on […]
In April 2023, The Grayzone exposed how Riyadh recruited then managed two would-be hijackers on behalf of the CIA
Twenty five years on, the mainstream media’s determination to reinforce the official story of 9/11 appears to be finally cracking. Major news outlets are now reporting on an ongoing civil suit in a New York court against Omar Bayoumi, long-accused of being the Saudi intelligence handler of 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Hazmi and Khalid Mihdhar. Back in April 2023, The Grayzone exposed how Riyadh recruited then managed the two would-be hijackers on behalf of the CIA. As Max Blumenthal detailed in his 2019 book, The Management of Savagery , the CIA had at least sought to recruit Hazmi and Mihdhar. When a 21-page declaration by lead investigator for the Office of Military Commissions Don Canestraro finally appeared in unredacted form in 2023, the…Open
LA COURTROOM UPDATE: James Brass, aka “LORD,” a petition coordinator The Justice League caught on hidden camera during OMG’s Skid Row investigation, appeared in federal court in Riverside yesterday after his arrest on federal charges. James Brass managed a team of signature collectors and used registered California voters’ identities to manufacture fraudulent petition signatures. Hailey Gomez, an investigative reporter representing O’Keefe Media Group, was inside the courtroom for Brass’ initial appearance. Brass pleaded not guilty, a $10,000 appearance bond was set, with his wife expected to sign the affidavit. Outside the courthouse, Brass’ attorney stated, “Everybody’s entitled to a not guilty plea,” and said…
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