Trayvon Martin's Parents On Painful Media Tour, Meredith's Big Step, Rolling Stone Twist

July 18, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Trayvon Martin's Parents Launch Painful Media Tour Travyon Martin's parents plunged into the media frenzy surrounding George Zimmerman's acquittal on Thursday morning, appearing on all three major broadcast morning shows.  Continue reading... Big Step Forward For Meredith Vieira's Talk Show Boston Man Wants Public Burning Of Rolling Stone Issue WATCH: Bill O'Reilly's Awkward Confrontation With George Stephanopoulos Rolling Stone Defends Boston Bomber Cover TOO FAR? Rachel Jeantel Responds To Rush Limbaugh's Racism 'APPALLING': NY Post's 'New Low' Lawrence O'Donnell Rips Into Rolling Stone Article Soledad O'Brien Hits Washington Post Over Racist Column WATCH: This Is The Most Important Local News Intro Ever Boston Politicians Condemn Rolling Stone Cover WILL STEPHEN Dear Rolling Stone... This is not subversive. This is not anti-establishment. It's not fun, alt-y, cool, or even solemn. This is thoughtless, irresponsible abuse of your cultural authority, and reckless exploitation of a terrible tragedy. Continue reading... THOMAS KENT A Whole New Kind of Journalism? A Dissenting View Is journalism as we know it on its last legs? Some think so. But the evidence is not convincing. Continue reading... TIMOTHY KARR Is TMZ the Future of Local News? The common refrain of media companies promoting infotainment is that they're simply giving the people the news they want. But the real revolution in news reporting is not the fluff that springs from the minds of Fox execs. Continue reading... ERIC BOEHLERT Trayvon Martin and Why the Right-Wing Media Spent 16 Months Smearing a Dead Teenager One of the puzzling questions surrounding the public saga of Martin's death has always been why the partisan, conservative political movement in America, led by its powerful media outlets, felt the need to become so deeply invested in the case. Continue reading... WALKER BRAGMAN The Race Mongers: Conservative Media's Efforts to Delegitimize Justice for Trayvon Protesters Breitbart, The Blaze, The New American, etc .,all exist for the sole purpose of helping those on the right get elected without any regard for the division they are causing. It is shameful. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003