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The take away message from

rmrd0000 — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:20:16 +0000

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The take away message from Brokaw is that his best buds are racists. They trot Brokaw out for important events like the midterms, so you can’t say that NBC doesn’t expect people to take him seriously.

the only

NCD — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 05:05:17 +0000

In reply to Bracklash: Brokaw screws up, gives his opinion

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I find the story interesting

artappraiser — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:20:10 +0000

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I find the story interesting only in the phenomenon of the ridiculous overreaction and misinterpretation. About something said by an aged former anchorperson that has little power to influence anyone anymore. Here from his Twitter feed, his attempts to rectify:

22 hrs. ago

i feel terrible a part of my comments on Hispanics offended some members of that proud culture

from my days reporting on cesar chavez to documenting the many contributions of hispanics in all parts of our culture

i’ve worked hard to knock down false stereo types. in my final comment in Meet i said ALL sides hv to work harder

at finding common ground - which i strongly believe dialogue not division

19 hrs ago, apparently in reply to some replies

my twitter acct failed me at the worst time. i am sorry, truly sorry, my comments were offensive to many. the great enduring american tradition of diversity is to be celebrated and cherished. yamiche, thank u for your comments. let’s go forward together.

finally, i am sorry - i never intended to disparage any segment of our rich, diverse society which defines who we are.

finally,i am sorry I failed to convey my strong belief that diversity - dynamic and inclusive is what makes America

my tweet portal is whack i hv been trying to say i am sorry i offended and i so appreciate my colleague

great Yamiche is a wonderful colleague and an important voice

17 hrs. ago

it worked! i got your attention. ‘night

My takeaway about him: he is amazed that anyone is seriously listening to what he says anymore and thinking that when he's on TV he better be more careful about how he words things. My takeaway about what it says about our current elite media culture: the p.c. police are everywhere and won't even give an ancient babbling liberal media person a break, this confirms all the caricatures by the right about the p.c. police and current hyper sensitivity and outrage fests. Russian trolls are watching and have learned a thing or two about how to break down coalitions of the simpatico and sow chaos instead.

Edit to add: The "yamiche" he refers to is Yamiche Alcindor, here on Twitter, with picture and bio, I didn't get into looking at her comments.

Te post is about the backlash

rmrd0000 — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:57:38 +0000

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The post is about the backlash Brokaw received for a stupid statement. I posted a link and included a response to Brokaw’s statement. You responded with:

He didn't embrace racism but pointed it out as a problem. That's something you do constantly here to a much greater degree than Brokaw.

I posted Brokaw’s apology and submitted multiple links that saw Brokaw’s comments about Hispanics needing to work harder to assimilate as inflammatory and xenophobic. Sitting at the table, Brokaw got pushback.

Later in the broadcast, “PBS NewsHour” White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor addressed Brokaw’s remarks.

“I would just say that we also need to adjust what we think of as America,” Alcindor said. “You’re talking about assimilation. I grew up in Miami, where people speak Spanish, but their kids speak English. And the idea that we think Americans can only speak English, as if Spanish and other languages wasn’t always part of America, is, in some ways, troubling.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tom-brokaw-hispanics-should-work-harder-at-assimilation_us_5c4e2ed3e4b0287e5b8bd250

Brokaw accepted a racist stereotype by stating that Hispanics needed to work harder to assimilate. That is why he received backlash and that is why he is apologizing.

Obviously, others disagree.

rmrd0000 — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:56:13 +0000

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Obviously, others disagree.

I don't see anything racist

ocean-kat — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:43:08 +0000

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I don't see anything racist in Brokaw's comments. He didn't know or incorrectly interpreted the data, but that doesn't make it "white supremacist" or a "deeply racist rant."

I'm not angry. What, are you

ocean-kat — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:39:53 +0000

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I'm not angry. What, are you going to play the Hal card and get offended because I said fuck? Fuck that.

I really don’t understand

rmrd0000 — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:18:08 +0000

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I really don’t understand your anger. Brokaw made a stupid comment. Hispanics are assimilating. He also suggested that many in his neck of the woods are racists.

Why the fuck do you think I

ocean-kat — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:15:46 +0000

In reply to I supplied a link. Obviously,

Why the fuck do you think I need you to supply links. I can find articles and read all on my own. I have a subscription to the WP, NYT, and TPM as well as reading several other sites I can't afford to pay for. I come here to discuss. Links are useful to add support and context to that discussion. Or to spark a discussion. Otherwise they're a waste of time here.

USA Today

rmrd0000 — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:15:33 +0000

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USA Today

Brokaw's offensive comments don't show much understanding of what is happening with Hispanics in America. We're assimilating just fine, thank you.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/28/tom-brokaw-assimilation-meet-press-racism-apology-hispanics-latinos-column/2700595002/

Newsweek

'I ASSIMILATED PRETTY WELL': BROKAW'S COMMENTS ABOUT HISPANICS DRAW CRITICISM FROM ARIZONA HISPANIC LAWMAKER, GEORGE P. BUSH

https://www.newsweek.com/assimilated-hispanic-lawmaker-george-p-bush-tom-brokaw-comments-1307930

cnn

Some journalists on social media quickly criticized Brokaw's comments. Aura Bogado, an investigative immigration reporter at Reveal, said Brokaw was "arguing classic white supremacist talking points in a deeply racist rant on national television."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/27/media/tom-brokaw-nbc-meet-the-press/index.html