Jess & Jamal discuss the recent terror attacks by white supremacists in the US, and how pundits and journalists have unethically covered it. The most egregious examples are FOX News’ Tucker Carlson who told his viewers that the country’s white supremacy problem ‘is a hoax’ and CNN’s Jake Tapper who went on a rant likening the Palestinian liberation movement to white supremacy.
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Jess and Jamal discuss recent racist and Islamophobic comments by two of Fox News’ most prominent opinion hosts — Jeanine Pirro and Tucker Carlson.
Jeanine Pirro — an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a fundraiser in Pennsylvania and elsewhere for Republicans — questioned whether a hijab worn by Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar signaled her support of Sharia law. Watch her comments here.
Tucker Carlson in a recording released by Media Matters describes Iraqis as “semiliterate primitive monkeys.” In a separate instance, he criticizes Iraqis for having a “culture where people just don’t use toilet paper or forks.”
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