Did MSNBC Intentionally Cut Out Minority Speakers From Its RNC Coverage to Make Republicans Look Racist?
- Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:04pm by
Billy Hallowell
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There are some troubling allegations surfacing surrounding MSNBC’s Republican National Convention coverage on Tuesday night.
Numerous conservative outlets are reporting that the network either cut away from or simply axed out speeches and addresses by many of the minority speakers and politicians in attendance (earlier this week, TheBlaze also reported extensively about race and the RNC). As a result, some journalists and commentators are wondering if the race-based coverage was intentional.
Last night, Red Alert Politics’ Francesca Chambers first reported about the wide array of minority voices who were purportedly axed from the left-leaning network’s coverage. According to Chambers, when Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz, a Hispanic Republican, began his speech, MSNBC cut away from it.
Also, when Vela Fortuno, wife of Puerto Rican Gov. Luis Fortuno spoke, Chambers claims that Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews simply spoke over and ignored her address.
As for former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis, an Alabama politician who served from 2003 to 2011, he, too, allegedly wasn’t covered by the network. Davis has gained press in recent days over his shocking switch to the Republican Party. MSNBC was said to be on a commercial break during the African American’s speech.
Others who were missing from the media outlet’s coverage, critics claim, were Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, who is Mexican, and Mia Love, a black Republican from Utah who is running for Congress. Chambers gave MSNBC some credit for including South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, an Indian American, but she wrote that the politician “is not conventionally considered a minority.”
Watch Love’s speech, below:
Townhall.com’s Katie Pavlich weighed in on the reasoning behind the potential omission of minority figures, writing, “MSNBC doesn’t have the evidence to back up their claims that the GOP is racist, so what do they do? They manufacture it based on lies and false coverage.” In a piece for The Daily Caller, Jeff Poor added:
One of the left’s favorite attacks on the Republican Party is that it is the party of old white people, devoid of diversity and probably racist.
If you were watching MSNBC’s coverage of the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Tuesday night, you might believe those assertions, since missing from the coverage was nearly every ethnic minority that spoke during Tuesday’s festivities. [...]
Throughout this convention, Matthews has accused the Republicans of playing dog-whistle racist politics while on scene in Tampa. It isn’t clear, however, if Matthews will hurl accusations of racism at Davis, Love or Cruz for speeches his network failed to broadcast.
Certainly, it‘s possible that these speakers were purposefully left out to build a greater Democratic case against the GOP’s inclusiveness — but Mediaite’s Andrew Kirell claims that may not be the case. Aside from Rep. Davis, Kirell claims that FOX also omitted the same exact speeches. He writes:
Indeed, a purposeful omission of the minority speakers would be “pathetic,” except for one glaring detail that all of these publications themselves omitted:
With the exception of black former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis, MSNBC and Fox News covered and omitted the same exact speeches.
Both networks aired the speeches by NH Senator Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Governor John Kasich, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, Ann Romney, and NJ Gov. Chris Christie.
Kirell went on to call the omision narrative “outright false” and said that the GOP would have a better argument if party faithful focused upon the Davis issue and not the others (after all, Davis was a Democratic cross-over and, thus, an important figure to cover).























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Comments (149)
Verceofreason
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:35pmCan you guys stop with the conspiracy nonsense?
Report Post »Why do you think Glenn lost his TV show?
Detroit paperboy
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:51pmDuh, they’re a propaganda wing of the communist party……………….they do what’s best for their party, can’t really blame em for that…..
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:58pm“Numerous conservative outlets are reporting, Townhall.com’s Katie Pavlich weighed in on the reasoning behind the potential omission of minority figures”
Doesn’t sound like a Glenn Beck conspiracy theory to me, sounds like reporting the allegations by a few media outlets.
Report Post »SocialistSlayer
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:02pmVoice of Treason – Everyone on this board realizes you are a Commie Troll. Go somewhere else to spread your Acorn nonsense.
Report Post »JQuentinEvermann
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:10pmWhen you’re caught red handed, just claim it is a conspiracy, right? Or MSNBC just hates minorities and only wants to cover Whites then? You’re choice; they’re either manipulating the news to create an outcome they want, or they’re racists.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:11pmVoice of Treason comes onto Glenns Blaze, and doesn’t mention GBTV, and probably got exed from GBTV when he/she/it had to pay for it when he/she/it’s free month ran out. What a pile of excrement(oxymoron for DEMOCRAT)
Report Post »Trollkiller68
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:30pmVerceoftreason, the blind lead the blind they all fall into the ditch. And you are blind as a bat!
Report Post »DenisWTexas
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:37pmAnd for the record, Glenn didn’t “lose” his show on Fox. He left to start his own station so that he could have more freedom and a larger viewer base.
You know, if you hate the ideas here, why are you trolling here every day? I could see it if you were engaging in convincing debate with your opposition, but to just jump in all the time and spew bile does nothing but demand insults back and waste your time.
Is there NOTHING else interesting to do in your mom’s basement?
Report Post »Locked
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:58pmI have no problem admitting that FOX and MSNBC apparently both think that speeches from minorities are not as interesting as commercials, hurricane coverage, or interviews with bigger names in the GOP.
Then again, I realize that they are both entertainment shows, not true news stations. Probably why I only hear about them when I read things online like this, and look for “news” from other sources.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:01pmThe Demcrats are the party of the KKK, JIm Crow, Segregation, Slavery and nothing has changed in all these years. They are still the racists they have always been. They don’t want to see minorities successful so they trap them in a cycle of welfare and affirmative action where they can never reach their potential. The democrats don’t believe that minorities can compete on a level playing field. Women like Mia Love are an embarrassment to the racists of the democrat party because she proves the racists wrong.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:03pmYou are wrong. There is no reason for a sane person to believe that MSNBC would NOT stoop to such a stunt. They are bereft of honesty and may as well change their name to TAAS (old soviet paper).
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:11pmThis is exactly why we no longer watch NBC CBS or ABC. Only morons watch the MSM. I’ve decided to just deal with it with ridicule. I laugh out loud at ANYONE who tells me they watch NBC, CBS or ABC. I tell them I thought only idiots watch that trash. Now you can say; did you know they left out all minority speeches at the RNC? Wouldn’t you think people would want to hear those voices? WHAT KIND OF IDIOT WATCHES A NETWORK THEY KNOW LIES TO THEM?
Report Post »kellied
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:11pmYou want the truth you watch– C-SPAN.( ALL) T.V. news is only interested in their own agenda and opinions. Rachel Mad-cow, is a simple a gay … Nothing else intrest her. Chris is OUT OF HIS MIND. Anyone who watches them for information – CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!
Report Post »Anadara
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:22pmOf course they did.. MSNBC is the propaganda arm of the far left. Fabrication, distortion, and half-truth is their mission. Their charter is to undermine traditional American principles and advance communist ideals. It’s what they do.
Report Post »Gums
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:49pmVerceofreason is one of the thousands of part time trolls whose job is to go around and throw crap against the wall of any conservative news article to poison the well and agitate the readers.
Report Post »Toltepeceno
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:58pmverce So you think they accidentally cut out all of the minorities just like the accidentally edited zimmerman’s audio to sound racist? If so then Iibtards are even vigger moron’s then I thought.
Report Post »Larry E
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:59pmYou really must be as stupid as you usually sound. Do you have any reasons, good, bad, or otherwise that PMSNBC cut speeches by minorities. Maybe you should stick to the Puffington Host.
Report Post »Hookmon
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:07pmNo “voice of lmfao reason” I believe Glenn didn’t renew his contract.
Report Post »whereareyourbrains
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:35pmGlenn chose to go the way the world is going. TV on the internet. He chose to leave. You dooofus.
Report Post »You are stupid you know that. You can keep on defending your POTUS…cause he is not mine, he doesn’t like Americans. He pits everyone against one another. You are proof of what I say.
KickinBack
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:44pmVerceo Freason…I’d be upset too if my tv was set to MSNBC and I lost the remote…What horrifying thought…
Report Post »Treaty
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:22pmVERCEOFREASON, you’re right. MSNBC would NEVER do something like that. There’s positively no bias on MSNBC. It isn’t like they are a mouthpiece for the Owebama administration or anything.
Report Post »pickupyurcross
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:27pmInteresting, because I was watching FOX last night and I recall watching Mia Love as she was speaking as well as the Puerto Rico Governor’s wife.
Report Post »teebubba
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 5:42pmThey learned this from CNN 7years ago when covering a news conference by Florida Governor Jeb Bush. A reporter would ask Bush an excellent question in Spanish…Jeb would translate the question for everyone there and then answer inf fluent Spanish then English. The CNN producers could not allow the world to know that a Bush was bi-lingual and would cut away for a commercial..
Report Post »jwdunn28
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 6:18pmGlenn Beck quit FOX after clashing with management, as they wanted to stifle his speech. He could have stayed had he conformed; but he did not… he quit, while still holding the Highest Ratings in that time-slot’s history. He was a big money-maker for Fox News, but again, the Main Stream Media on both fronts are corrupt to the core, thus complaints roll in, they bow to the pressure… and truth gets suppressed!
At any rate, from Fox, Glenn ‘only’ started his own online TV Show, GBTV, which now has more subscribers than Oprah has viewers, along with a $22+ Million Dollar profit, not including advertising dollars. Far more than Fox paid him so, “good move Glenn! Proud of you… I hope Andrew Napolitano does the same!”
So don’t hate on Glenn. He has been right more than any other Conservative or Liberal Media Anchor… simply go back in his shows, the proof is there. It’s crazy how right he has been; but he thinks outside the box, thus his success… and those “conspiracies” you mention, well, check his facts amd you will see he is right in the 90+ percentile.
Don’t check your brain at the door VerceOfReason, do your own research… if you dare.
Report Post »paulsfam4
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 6:28pmI watched artur davis on fox and flipped back to msnbc through his whole speech msnbc did not show davis they talked through it. and did not show or even mention that davis even spoke.
Report Post »uncleherbert
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 6:47pmYou mean Glenn made a TV show “The Blaze”, right?
Report Post »GodandCountryMinistries
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 7:17pmLOST ? He lost his TV show? Funny, he owns his own network now and is on that network every day. Interesting the way you spin that. Shows how completely ignorant you are.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 7:52pmVERCEOFRREASON why do you think Glenns books are # 1 sellers why do you think his GBTV is a winner Why are YOU on The Blaze ? ABC did talk over all of these speakers because they know the democratic party has been taken over by the progressives THEY spoke the TRUTH and the AMERICAN people want to hear that, NOT the lie’s spread by democrates. Who do the democrates have speaking for them Sandra Fluke who’s fame is she wants the American people to pay for her birth control and the muslim brotherhood
Report Post »football lady
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 9:58pmyou are really pathetic.
Report Post »18666929374
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 2:39amUmm, Glenn din’t lose his TV show.
Report Post »Kelso
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 9:37amHe didn’t “lose” his show…he left because of all the demands of what he could and couldn’t say…and he created his own show, where he is free to say what he wants. If you stop believing all the lies you hear and believe, and start looking for some truth, you could serve out here as more than a troll.
Report Post »DictatedByFactChecking
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:33pmBreakdown of MSNBC racism!
Mia Love: MNSBC was in commercial; Fox aired Shepard Smith‘s coverage of Hurricane Isaac from New Orleans.
Brian Sandoval: MSNBC aired hurricane coverage; Fox’s Sean Hannity interviewed Rep. Eric Cantor.
Ted Cruz: MSNBC cut to panel analysis of the convention; Fox went to commercial and returned with a Scott Walker interview.
Artur Davis: MSNBC aired panel discussion, mentioned his speech 5 minutes in, but didn’t air it; Fox aired the entirety of the speech.
Nikki Haley: both MSNBC and Fox News aired the speech.
Lucé Vela Fortuño: MSNBC aired more roundtable discussion; Fox News cut away to discussion by Bret Baier and Megyn Kelly.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:53pmDictated facts, and that my friend, is why Fox sucks toooooooo……..
Report Post »shoulda coulda woulda
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:09pmAll reporters are in love with the sound of their own voice. They believe they make news not report it.
Report Post »FNGRNFAN
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:00pmYes I said it before FOX went left and they confirmed that when there $$$$ flew to the DNC.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:05pmI voted for Ted Cruz and didn’t even know he spoke until after the fact. Fox is ever slanting leftwards, and I don’t like it. Rush mentioned that the establishment doesn’t want the Tea party having anything to do with the Republicans…that’s because we will hold their feet tothe fire and toss them out if they fail to be conservative. The establishment doesn‘t want to lose it’s fat checks either. Ever notice how they all talk term limits when the other party is in control, but when they get in control, it sort of goes away?
Report Post »Brad Wesselmann
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 4:13pmI have cancelled my Directv/Cable because there is nothing on any network that I trust to listen to…it is all agenda based and I choose to spend my money on my agenda which is the true American dream of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in whatever form the individual may choose.
Report Post »TAXEVERYONE
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 9:50amWhat more obvious proof do you need?
Report Post »neiman1
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:33pmI hoped the change with Comcast might have pointed to changes at MSNBC.. So far the only change is even more hate and venom. Mathews has become certifiable.
Report Post »LIBERTARIAN T38
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:37pmUm, I worked at Commucast. They are big time left wing corrupt, trust me, I saw it from within. They promote a lot of left wing themes. Cohen had a fundraiser in Philly for Obama last year and Obama made Comcast give away (almost) free internet and computers to anyone on the school lunch program in exchange for the FCC allowing them to buy NBC…Comcast is pure Crony Capitalist (won’t that be how we remember the Obama era?)…look around you, and ask yourself, “Do I own or use anything made/provided by Progressive, Geico, GE, Chrysler, GM, Comcast, Siemens, _fill_in_the_blank_,”…and on and on and on…Obama wants to overwhelm us and this is one of the ways…eventually, people just don’t care…
Report Post »starman70
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 3:28pmOH, WELL, nobody watches More S*** from Nothing But Communism anyway.
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:31pmIt‘s fun watching the left unravel isn’t it?
Report Post »NILAP
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:31pmOf course MSNBC will do that. Why is Sarah Palin not speaking, why are Tea Party leaders not speaking at the RNC. If Sarah does not speak at the RNC I will vote for Gary Johnson.
Report Post »A. James
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:05pmIf you fail to deem Romney/Ryan far superior to obama/biden, then you are a moronic person which does not understand the importance of this election and is so selfish that because your candidate didn’t win, you are willing to throw a temper tantrum and waste your vote on a 3rd party candidate rather than suck it up and attempt to save our country from obama because it makes YOU feel good to be a protest vote. You are so misguided and disillusioned that you may as well move out of this country. Paulbots are almost as bad as the liberal voter base. We don’t want you here. Just because your senile candidate that can’t even put his pants on the proper way lost, you’re going to sell our country down the river. You lack any notion of honor and integrity.
Report Post »HisNameWasRobertPaulson
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 2:05pmThat, is seriously, one of the most non nonsensical things I have ever seen written by a human being. You decide who to vote for based on whether or not someone else gets to speak or not? I am not buying it. This is not truth you speak. Go troll your GJ somewhere else, Obamabot.
Report Post »football lady
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 10:05pmThat statement is so ridiculous!! I like Palin and Palin will be fine and is doing great things. So put your girl panties on and be like Palin. Grow up. Johnson is a big baby too.
Report Post »Beachmastermax
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:31pmYes.
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:30pmConsidering the fact that the NBC News division is the most racist division in the TV industry, the answer to the article’s title is obviously and quite simply “Yes”.
Report Post »en2deep
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:48pmThey will suppress the truth at all cost in order to keep replaying the same old tactic. Republicans are a racist,bigoted,homophobic party that hates the poor. It’s all they have, one play in their playbook. It astounds me that the repubs can’t stop this same play the dems have been running for 40yrs.
Report Post »Wango
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:29pmLook at the audience. Hello?
Report Post »Zipit
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:59amWang! They didn’t air these speakers because you and the twelve members of the kkk that make up the majority of their viewing audience would probably have tuned out!
Report Post »slordax
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:27pmalways wondered why those on either side of the political isle would watch or cover events such as this – it‘s not like their coverage won’t be biased, and in doing so, the commentators often make fools of themselves during the events.
if networks are going to cover theses events, please just show them without any biased commentators – let the people see and hear what’s going on – i don’t need a commentator to comment on or translate the speeches being made – americans are capable of deciding for themselves.
Report Post »loggs14
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:26pmRACISTS – that is all that explains the lefts behavior….
Report Post »Verceofreason
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:36pmYou, quite clearly did not read the article.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:25pmOf course they did!! It wouldn‘t fit their narrative of the party of the Old White People if they didn’t!!
Report Post »Chromo200
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:25pmI am waiting to see what the golden boy Chris Mathews is going to say about this if he is ever asked.
Report Post »ReachRenee
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:24pmDid MSNBC Intentionally Cut Out Minority Speakers From Its RNC Coverage to Make Republicans Look Racist? Yes. Yes it did.
Report Post »floridareader
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:23pmThey can do whatever they want to make believe whatever they want. At the end of the day they will always have to apologize.
Report Post »They can try, but never will cover Sun’s light with their thumb.
Steel
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:18pmAfter this enlightening article, please tell me who the REAL racists are. It surely isn’t the Republican Convention organizers! It certainly IS MSNBC, as we’ve always said. Governor Christie said, “Tell the truth!” Well, here it is – in this article for all to see. Blacks, whites, latinos, gays and the whole rainbow of people colors. Better wake up, America, before it’s WAY too late!
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:24pmI stood right next to the msnbc stage here in Tampa and they have posters all over the place with their logo and the slogan “are you leaning foward?”.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:27pmUSPATRIOT101, They have to lean forward to take it that way!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:30pmUSPATRIOT101, Furthermore, you just know that it has to be their way of hopefully baiting RNC attendees to shout anything they can later use to their advantage. I suspect that if they fail to get anything, BSNBC staff personnel will cast disparaging remarks from the safety of being off camera.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:18pmOf course they did.
Report Post »Ironeagle
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:17pmGood thing only a handfull of terds watch these liars.
Report Post »mbriz
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:17pmWith the exception of black former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis, MSNBC and Fox News covered and omitted the same exact speeches. I know facts don’t count for much here at Haze, but if you want factual story, here it is.
Report Post »http://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbc-falsely-accused-of-purposely-omitting-minority-republican-speeches/
DonaldH
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:29pmYou and Andrew Kirell are both liars— if,, you aren’t one in the same person…
Report Post »WindyDualism
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:29pmIf your feeling all that “strongly” about a site, why run the truth team gig solo and rogue? Is that a moonshine running vehicle the likes of Byrd would approve of? The pic in itself screams red neck union too much time on your hands mendicant claimant, but to each his own and all. Cheers.
Report Post »ExTex
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 1:42pmThe networks have to pick and choose who they deem important enough for the public to listen to. Otherwise, they can’t get their two cents in and you may as well tune in to CSPAN….which is probably a better choice.
However, MSNBC deliberately cut Artur Davis‘ speech out because he’s a “traitor” in their eyes that may influence disgruntled/disillusioned/dissapointed 2008 Obama voters. Just keeping it real.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:15pmThe real question is why would anyone watch MSNBC ?
Report Post »Answer.
They are watching to find reinforcement of views they all ready have.
Ironeagle
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:15pmWhat a lying sham these people are. How can they sleep at night?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:14pmIt was just a programming error. Those speakers just happened to be on when they had to go to those lengthy diatribes by Miss Chrissy, Rachel Madcow, and David Hyde Pierce. Again, he has become one really nasty sumbitch after Frazier went off the air.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:12pmBINGO! YEP. They did.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:11pmhello, that is who they are,all they have watching them are the race baiting haters. would anyone expect anything less of this obama loving machine.
Report Post »Government_Goodies
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:10pmIs MSNBC even relevant enough for this to even merit a story?
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:17pmDo it for the practice.
Report Post »DonaldH
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 9:30pmAnd I thought the NBC was told to drop the MS from the name
Report Post »bukowski72
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:08pmMSNBC Falsely Accused Of Purposely Omitting Minority Republican Speeches
Report Post »http://www.theblaze.com/stories/did-msnbc-intentionally-cut-out-minority-speakers-from-its-rnc-coverage-to-make-republicans-look-racist/
v15
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:16pmI really liked Mia Love’s speech.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:25pmV15, Absolutely. She had me riveted to my seat during her speech. Glenn had a great interview with her just a short time ago near the end of his radio show today. Man, has she been called all sorts of racist names, and insults by the left. Bet MARYBETHELIZABETH is cranking out even more on other blogs.
Report Post »DonaldH
Posted on August 29, 2012 at 12:32pmI didn’t get to see her,, I was watching MSNBC
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