Oh, so the media are now believing the police, are taking everything the police tell them as gospel, are setting aside their own skepticism and doubts, their own professional responsibilities, to defer to law enforcement.
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago judge says “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett can travel out-of-state to meet his lawyers while he’s free on bond on charges he falsely reported being attacked by two masked men.
Michigan prosecutors allege Nikki Joly, a longtime LGBT activist, set fire to her home and killed her pets due to resentment from subsiding controversy over the enactment of nondiscrimination legislation she supported.
Professor John McWhorter of Columbia University appeared on Don Lemon’s CNN show to talk about Jussie Smollett’s hate crime hoax, claiming that Smollett saw the hate hoax as a path to greater fame than his acting alone could achieve.
Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson revealed “there is a lot more evidence” going against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s version of an alleged hate crime. Johnson said as of now, Smollett will still get his day
Part of falling for fake hate crimes, albeit temporarily, stems from falling for other fake hate crimes permanently. Several stories of martyrdom at the hands of bigots woven into our national fabric appear upon further inspection to be, well, fabricated. Unlike the Smollett case, these events involved real, horrific violence. But in the aftermath, ideologues used the tragedies for political purposes. This success in alchemizing propaganda into history inspired Jussie Smollett to increase his stature from wealthy primetime actor to victim.
“Empire” star Terrence Howard showed support for his fellow co-star Jussie Smollett against claims that he orchestrated a fake hate crime against himself, declaring that the man he knows could never “even conceive of something so unconscious and ugly.”
Dr. Alveda King urged Americans to see humanity as “one race” and “one blood” united via divine creation in an interview with Breitbart News.
At this point, Smollett has no choice but to continue to claim he’s innocent. The kind of heartfelt confession that might salvage his career could also put him in a jail cell.
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis said embattled Empire star Jussie Smollett “needs mental health help,” after police in Chicago determined that he orchestrated a fake violent hate crime against himself.
Embattled Empire actor and now-alleged felon Jussie Smollett went after President Donald Trump in a taped, but unaired, episode of TNT’s “Drop the Mic.r”
New York Times columnist Charles Blow argued on Thursday that Jussie Smollett “didn’t set race relations back” in America.
CNN commentator Symone Sanders insisted on Thursday that things are still not adding up in the Jussie Smollett case, saying that his story was “staunchly believable” as of two days ago.
Lee Daniels, co-creator of the Fox TV show “Empire,” stealthily deleted an Instagram video this week about the “attack” against Jussie Smollett.
Appearing on the Fox News Channel Friday, former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis predicted the legal team of Empire actor Jussie Smollett will besmirch Chicago law enforcement in an attempt to beat a felony charge for filing a false police report regarding an alleged stage attack on him last month.
Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the Jussie Smollett scandal of an allegedly faked hate crime was “another sad example of people so quick to want to attack and come after,” President
Thursday on TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” NBA legend and analyst Charles Barkley took a shot at “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett over his alleged fake hate crime against himself and actor Liam Neeson, who revealed this month he intended to kill
Empire actor Jussie Smollett purchased “designer drugs” from one of the brothers who allegedly helped stage an attack on himself in Chicago last month, text messages show.
Smollett might have been popular prior to his claim of being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack by a couple of white Trump supporters, but ever since, the Empire production has been one of chaos and distraction.
Sports commentator Charles Barkley delivered several joking body blows to actor Jussie Smollett after the actor was arrested in Chicago and charged with orchestrating a hoax hate crime.
Tell me again how the media are not the enemy of the American people. What does an enemy do if not use lies to divide us, to create hostility where none existed before?
‘Empire’ producers announced Friday that actor Jussie Smollett will be cut from the final two episodes of the season to avoid “further disruption on set.”
Actress Gabby Sidibe has deleted a tweet backing her disgraced Empire co-star, Jussie Smollett, as further details emerge over how and why he allegedly orchestrated a fake hate crime incident against himself.
Friday on CNN’s “New Day,” network commentator Van Jones reacted to the case involving Jussie Smollett where the “Empire” actor is alleged to have staged a fake hate crime against himself. Jones said the “worst part” of the case is
Advocate magazine editor Zach Stafford on Thursday suggested that the Chicago Police Department leaked information to make Jussie Smollett look bad because the police officers support President Donald Trump.
CNN anchor Don Lemon on Wednesday evening admitted that “certain groups of people” like “black folks” and “gay folks” wanted to believe Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s story about being attacked by racist supporters of President Donald Trump even though they were highly skeptical of his claims.
In a world where concrete achievements count — and Jussie Smollett hoaxes do not — Trump is our most “progressive” president ever.
Thursday on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time,” radio talker and comedian D.L. Hughley claimed there is a double-standard surrounding the Jussie Smollett scandal of an allegedly faked hate crime. Hugley said, “I thought the story didn’t ring true initially, but you
On Thursday’s “CNN Tonight,” Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel stated that national media and politicians should “take a step back,” and think about how they should handle stories like the Jussie Smollett story in the future and that “before we rush
Actor Jussie Smollett had recently hosted an episode on lynching for the documentary series “America Divided.” The Epix network has since pulled the episode featuring the embattled actor after the actor was arrested and charged of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report.
Jussie Smollett pled with his ‘Empire’ cast mates to believe that he did not stage his own racist attack last month, according to a report.
Attorneys for Empire’s Jussie Smollett said Thursday evening that Chicago law enforcement “trampled” upon the actor’s “presumption of innocence” after arresting their client for allegedly filing a false police report concerning a racist and homophobic attack against himself last month.
Actor-singer Jussie Smollett on Thursday returned to the set of Empire in Chicago after turning himself into the police for filing a false report with law enforcement, according to a report.
Democratic presidential contender Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) says that the fact that Hollywood actor Jussie Smollet’s “hate crime” story turned out to be a hoax should not distract from the larger truth of rising hate crimes.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) said Thursday that she couldn’t yet “make sense” of Empire actor Jussie Smollett being arrested for filing a false police report about being attacked by Trump supporters in Chicago.
During a press conference Thursday, Cook County Assistant District Attorney Ressa Lanier described how Empire actor Jussie Smollett planned an attack on himself and how he tried to mislead police in detail.
Cable network TNT pulled an upcoming Drop the Mic episode featuring Jussie Smollett the same day the Empire actor was arrested by Chicago Police for allegedly orchestrating a fake hate crime.
Thursday Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson criticized celebrities, the media and presidential candidates for commenting on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s allegedly staged hate crime. Johnson said, “I’m left hanging my head and asking, why? Why would anyone, especially an African-American
Westworld actor Jeffrey Wright put the media on blast Thursday for covering the Jussie Smollett saga more than an alleged white nationalist terror plot planned by a Coast Guard lieutenant.
CNN personality Don Lemon described his phone call with Empire star Jussie Smollett on the night of his hoaxed “attack” on air Wednesday, saying that while he spoke to the actor that night, many others had doubts about his story.
