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TV portrays protesters as faceless rabble while police are bestowed with humanity
Portrayals of protesters in scripted shows play a big role in viewers dismissing real-life demonstrations as chaotic and violent, says...
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Posted Saturday 6/06/20 at 5:40AM EDT
Shut down cop shows!: Hollywood is addicted to portraying police as more effective than they are in real life
"For a century, Hollywood has been collaborating with police departments, telling stories that whitewash police shootings and valorizing an action-hero...
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Posted Saturday 6/06/20 at 5:40AM EDT
Fox News criticized for a "horrific graphic" comparing stock market gains after attacks on black men
A Fox News graphic shown Friday compared the S&P 500 performances after the George Floyd killing, the Martin Luther King...
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Posted Saturday 6/06/20 at 5:40AM EDT
Late-night hosts stepped up in tackling racial injustice amid George Floyd protests
"In times of national crisis, many Americans turn to late-night television to help understand and process what’s going on," says...
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Posted Saturday 6/06/20 at 5:40AM EDT
Vanderpump Rules star Stassi Schroeder loses brand partnerships after allegedly calling the police on black former cast member Faith Stowers
After Schroeder and fellow Vanderpump Rules star Kristen Doute expressed support for Black Lives Matter this week, Stowers recalled a...
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Posted Saturday 6/06/20 at 5:40AM EDT
Roger Goodell admits the NFL was wrong for not listening to players about racial equality -- without mentioning Colin Kaepernick
The NFL commissioner released an 81-second video Friday evening one day after the NFL's biggest black stars released a video...
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Current Events Have Made Comfort TV Suddenly Feel Out of Step
This weekend’s CBS Sunday Night Movie is a Grease singalong and it just seems… not right.
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Law & Order: SVU to tackle the aftermath of the George Floyd police brutality protests
Showrunner Warren Leight tells The Hollywood Reporter's TV's Top 5 podcast that Floyd's death “has to come up and it...
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Posted Friday 6/05/20 at 3:01PM EDT
Live PD and Cops pulled in wake of George Floyd protests
A&E has opted not to air new episodes of Live PD tonight and Saturday amid the ongoing protests over police...
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Posted Friday 6/05/20 at 3:01PM EDT
Lifetime is done with Dance Mom's Abby Lee Miller following racism controversy: Abby's Virtual Dance Off is canceled
The cable network tells The Wrap it has "no plans to air" the quarantine spinoff of Dance Moms that was...
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Posted Friday 6/05/20 at 3:01PM EDT
Showtime posts two racial injustice documentaries to YouTube: 16 Shots and Burn Motherf*cker Burn!
Showtime has made the two acclaimed documentaries exploring systematic racism in America available for free amid the George Floyd protests.
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Posted Friday 6/05/20 at 3:01PM EDT
Rachel Lindsay: The Bachelor franchise's lack of diversity is "embarrassing" amid George Floyd protests
“When I look at what’s happening in our country, and then I look at the franchise, I can’t continue to...
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Riverdale creator apologizes to Vanessa Morgan, vows to change in response to diversity criticism
Showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa responded to Morgan's criticism on Twitter earlier this week -- in response to the George Floyd protests...
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Posted Friday 6/05/20 at 10:03AM EDT
ViacomCBS' 8 minutes and 46 seconds "I Can't Breathe" blackout tribute to George Floyd was "corporate wokeness" that worked
"Suffocating a man takes less time than bringing a kettle of water to boil.
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Posted Friday 6/05/20 at 10:03AM EDT
How to Get Away with Murder star Matt McGorry's footage of LAPD officers striking protesters with batons goes viral
Even though McGorry's video of officers striking protesters in L.