The new documentary Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union begins by transporting viewers back to Philadelphia’s Constitution Center in 2008, when the future 44th president of the United States confronted America’s concurrent issues with race head-on. Over the course of a 37-minute speech (to which the film’s title refers), then-candidate Barack Obama offered an explanation for controversial remarks made by his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, analyzed how race had played a role in his presidential campaign and expressed his resolve that “working together, we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and… in fact we ...
The new documentary Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union begins by transporting viewers back to Philadelphia’s Constitution Center in 2008, when the future 44th president of the United States confronted America’s concurrent issues with race head-on. Over the course of a 37-minute speech (to which the film’s title refers), then-candidate Barack Obama offered an explanation for controversial remarks made by his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, analyzed how race had played a role in his presidential campaign and expressed his resolve that “working together, we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and… in fact we ...
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“Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union,” a three-part HBO documentary series offering a behind-the-scenes look at President Barack Obama, arrives on HBO Max on August 4, coinciding with the former commander in chief’s 60th birthday.
Directed by Emmy-winner Peter Kunhardt, “Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union” will premiere on HBO on August 3, before hitting the streaming service. HBO described the documentary as detailing the “personal and political journey of President Obama as the country grapples with its racial history.” The documentary shares a cohesive portrait of America under its first Black president, beginning with Obama’s childhood. The series takes viewers inside his perspective of being the son of...
“Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union,” a three-part HBO documentary series offering a behind-the-scenes look at President Barack Obama, arrives on HBO Max on August 4, coinciding with the former commander in chief’s 60th birthday.
Directed by Emmy-winner Peter Kunhardt, “Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union” will premiere on HBO on August 3, before hitting the streaming service. HBO described the documentary as detailing the “personal and political journey of President Obama as the country grapples with its racial history.” The documentary shares a cohesive portrait of America under its first Black president, beginning with Obama’s childhood. The series takes viewers inside his perspective of being the son of...
- 8/3/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
Documentary filmmaker Peter Kunhardt began working on HBO’s “Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union” in 2014, while the former president was still in the White House. The director-exec producer and Jelani Cobb, a writer for the New Yorker and exec producer on this three-part docuseries, spent four years researching and discovering rare and never-before-seen archival footage of Obama before filming commenced in 2018. Kunhardt conducted 39 interviews with a wide range of people including Cobb, late Congressman John Lewis, Valerie Jarrett, David Axelrod, Rev. Al Sharpton as well as Rev. Jeremiah Wright during the course of production.
The diverse voices allowed Kunhardt, who previously directed “John McCain: From Whom the Bell Tolls” for HBO, to examine and critique the former president’s personal and political journey, as well as the United States’ fraught racial history. The goal: to look at Obama “through a critical eye, but not get bogged down...
The diverse voices allowed Kunhardt, who previously directed “John McCain: From Whom the Bell Tolls” for HBO, to examine and critique the former president’s personal and political journey, as well as the United States’ fraught racial history. The goal: to look at Obama “through a critical eye, but not get bogged down...
- 8/3/2021
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
The key to Barack Obama’s electoral success — and to the ways his post-presidency will continue to evolve — could be his talent as a writer.
It’s not simply his eloquence, his ability to convey his beliefs to a sprawling and fractious electorate. It’s also his gift at packaging his experiences and image of himself. Before he was a politician, Obama was a memoirist, and, fittingly, he has made a career of using accessibly plain English to convert life’s complications into a forward-moving narrative.
What Obama has lately lacked, though, is a meaningful mission onto which to pin his talents: His first presidential memoir was blandly written and rote, suggesting he’d rather be looking ahead than back. And Obama’s multimedia projects, like his frequent book and music recommendations and the podcast he co-hosted with Bruce Springsteen, suggest an eagerness to stay in the conversation without a...
It’s not simply his eloquence, his ability to convey his beliefs to a sprawling and fractious electorate. It’s also his gift at packaging his experiences and image of himself. Before he was a politician, Obama was a memoirist, and, fittingly, he has made a career of using accessibly plain English to convert life’s complications into a forward-moving narrative.
What Obama has lately lacked, though, is a meaningful mission onto which to pin his talents: His first presidential memoir was blandly written and rote, suggesting he’d rather be looking ahead than back. And Obama’s multimedia projects, like his frequent book and music recommendations and the podcast he co-hosted with Bruce Springsteen, suggest an eagerness to stay in the conversation without a...
- 7/27/2021
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Barack Obama Charts a Historic Course in New Trailer for ‘Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union’
HBO has released a new trailer for its upcoming three-part docuseries on Barack Obama, Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union. It will premiere August 3rd, with additional episodes airing on the 4th and 5th.
Directed by Peter Kunhardt, the series will chronicle Obama’s personal and political journey, particularly through the lens of race. The trailer touches on Obama’s childhood, where he was one of just a handful of black kids in his school class, his early political efforts and how he built the unique coalition that...
Directed by Peter Kunhardt, the series will chronicle Obama’s personal and political journey, particularly through the lens of race. The trailer touches on Obama’s childhood, where he was one of just a handful of black kids in his school class, his early political efforts and how he built the unique coalition that...
- 7/21/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Black church has been, and continues to be, one of the most influential institutions created by Africans in the Americas. PBS’ two-part documentary series, “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song,” preaches about the role of the church in the post-civil rights era, from the African continent to North America.
The role of the Black church continues to be the subject of lively debate even among those who consider themselves “unaffiliated.” Some argue that it has lost its oracular voice and its ability to mobilize for reform. Others say that the church is very much alive, pointing to the 2008 presidential election, when then-leading Democratic contender Barack Obama from Chicago’s Trinity Church had to publicly denounce what was perceived to be inflammatory language from parishioner Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose now infamous “God damn America!” speech genuinely shocked voters. (Although African Americans were especially less bothered.
The role of the Black church continues to be the subject of lively debate even among those who consider themselves “unaffiliated.” Some argue that it has lost its oracular voice and its ability to mobilize for reform. Others say that the church is very much alive, pointing to the 2008 presidential election, when then-leading Democratic contender Barack Obama from Chicago’s Trinity Church had to publicly denounce what was perceived to be inflammatory language from parishioner Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose now infamous “God damn America!” speech genuinely shocked voters. (Although African Americans were especially less bothered.
- 2/18/2021
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
President Barack Obama's former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, is back in the news this week, but this time it's for some highly critical comments he made about the president at an event for the Chicago Teachers Union Wednesday. While Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is remembered for saying "I have a dream," Wright suggested Obama's legacy could be boiled down to "I have a drone."...
- 1/16/2014
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
You would never know it by listening to deranged conservatives, but President (then-Senator) Obama's 2008 speech on race, necessitated by Rev. Jeremiah Wright-fueled white panic, was chock full of concessions to white resentment, and every racial issue he's addressed since then has been handled with the most delicate of lace gloves. On Friday morning, the President took off those gloves to tell some hard truths about being black in America, spurred by the verdict in George Zimmerman's trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin. It was a speech he could never have been elected giving, but will go down in history.
- 7/19/2013
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
"Trayvon Martin could have been me," President Obama said Friday in a press conference loaded with personal talk about race in America -- including a call for a review of stand-your-ground laws across the country. They were Obama's first live comments since a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the teenager's shooting death. The president spoke for 20 minutes in his most frank remarks on race since his pre-election speech addressing comments by Rev. Jeremiah Wright in Nov. 2008. The president spoke of his personal experiences -- universal ones for African-American men...
- 7/19/2013
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
President Obama has a history of coming through in the clutch, of delivering big moments with his back to the wall. There was the surprise win in the 2008 Iowa Caucus, his moving speech on race in the wake of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's comments, and his efforts to pass his signature healthcare bill in the face of the nascent Tea Party movement. Suddenly bruised, vulnerable and perhaps even behind in his fight for re-election, Obama will have to summon that fighting spirit once again in tonight's second debate against Gop challenger Mitt Romney. Story: Hollywood Reacts to the
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- 10/16/2012
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Increasingly desperate conservatives are turning to race baiting in a series of attacks that will only get more ferocious after Wednesday's first U.S. presidential debate, says actor and activist Martin Sheen.
Sheen made the comments even before the conservative media began eagerly touting a “secret” video from 2007 in which then-candidate Barack Obama allegedly made racially charged remarks.
But this “October Surprise” comes as no surprise at all to Sheen. He told The Huffington Post he’s confident Obama will win re-election, though only after some ugly weeks.
“What is happening is that the Republican candidate has shown his true colours and the voters are saying, ‘Wait a minute, this guy is really not on our side’ and it’s becoming increasingly clear that President Obama is on our side. That is making all the difference,” Sheen said backstage at Free The Children’s We Day youth rally in Toronto last Friday.
Sheen made the comments even before the conservative media began eagerly touting a “secret” video from 2007 in which then-candidate Barack Obama allegedly made racially charged remarks.
But this “October Surprise” comes as no surprise at all to Sheen. He told The Huffington Post he’s confident Obama will win re-election, though only after some ugly weeks.
“What is happening is that the Republican candidate has shown his true colours and the voters are saying, ‘Wait a minute, this guy is really not on our side’ and it’s becoming increasingly clear that President Obama is on our side. That is making all the difference,” Sheen said backstage at Free The Children’s We Day youth rally in Toronto last Friday.
- 10/3/2012
- by Joshua Ostroff
- Huffington Post
Viewers of CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley were treated to a rare and wonderful sight Sunday morning, when Sen. John McCain (R-az) was momentarily possessed by the spirit of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the bogeyman preacher that became the right's go-to bogeyman during McCain's unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign. McCain, himself, resisted attempts to draw the fiery preacher into that campaign, and maybe this explains why. Referring to recent attacks in Afghanistan, McCain told Crowley "The chickens are coming home to roost."...
- 10/1/2012
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
Brad Pitt and his mother clearly have different political views.
In an interview with The Telegraph, the "Moneyball" star lent his support to Barack Obama, noting the president's controversial backing of same-sex marriage.
"I am an Obama supporter and I’m backing his election campaign,” Pitt said at a screening of his forthcoming film "Killing Them Softly" in London. “Gay marriage is inevitable. The next generation, they get it. It is just a matter of time before it becomes a reality.”
The gay-friendly leading man's comments follow those of his conservative mother Jane, who backed Mitt Romney in a controversial letter to Missouri's Springfield News-Leader in July.
"Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama -- a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer,...
In an interview with The Telegraph, the "Moneyball" star lent his support to Barack Obama, noting the president's controversial backing of same-sex marriage.
"I am an Obama supporter and I’m backing his election campaign,” Pitt said at a screening of his forthcoming film "Killing Them Softly" in London. “Gay marriage is inevitable. The next generation, they get it. It is just a matter of time before it becomes a reality.”
The gay-friendly leading man's comments follow those of his conservative mother Jane, who backed Mitt Romney in a controversial letter to Missouri's Springfield News-Leader in July.
"Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama -- a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer,...
- 9/10/2012
- by Curtis M. Wong
- Huffington Post
I’m not sure what to make of the core argument of 2016: Obama’s America, a film with exotic locations and a logic that seems to fall apart as it hurls towards its final act of “2016.” I am weary of any film that ends with a credit telling me how to feel, or summing up what I’ve learned or should have learned. Here we depart from the theatre with the film’s title followed by: “Love Him. Hate Him. Now You Know Him.”
Let’s apply this to our host, conservative scholar Dinesh D’Souza, who employs the style of a quasi-fireside chat, credited as a co-director (with John Sullivan, producer of the pro-intelligent design documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed). This movie is essentially an essay film, in which D’Souza traces his own background traveling from India to a BA at Dartmouth College, contemplating what his life...
Let’s apply this to our host, conservative scholar Dinesh D’Souza, who employs the style of a quasi-fireside chat, credited as a co-director (with John Sullivan, producer of the pro-intelligent design documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed). This movie is essentially an essay film, in which D’Souza traces his own background traveling from India to a BA at Dartmouth College, contemplating what his life...
- 8/27/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Brad Pitt's mother, Jane Pitt, is in hot water for an anti-gay, anti-Obama letter she wrote to Missouri's Springfield News-Leader. The mother of the A-list actor has received death threats for the statements she made against gay marriage.
Jane's letter, which commends Republican candidate Mitt Romney for his convictions regarding homosexuality, reads in part:
"Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama -- a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage." Read Jane Pitt's full letter here.
The New York Post reports Twitter users took to the social platform and posted messages such as "Brad Pitt's mom die," "Brad Pitt’s mom wrote an anti-gay pro-Romney editorial.
Jane's letter, which commends Republican candidate Mitt Romney for his convictions regarding homosexuality, reads in part:
"Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama -- a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage." Read Jane Pitt's full letter here.
The New York Post reports Twitter users took to the social platform and posted messages such as "Brad Pitt's mom die," "Brad Pitt’s mom wrote an anti-gay pro-Romney editorial.
- 7/11/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
As far as the Pitt family is concerned, it's usually Brad Pitt who makes headlines. But last week that changed when Jane Pitt, Brad's mother, penned an anti-gay, anti-Obama letter to Missouri's Springfield News-Leader.
In the op-ed, Jane Pitt wrote in part:
"Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama -- a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage."
The paper initially claimed the woman was not related to the actor but hours later confirmed that it was in fact Pitt's mother.
Reactions from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community ranged from anger to surprise, as Brad Pitt has a long history of voicing his support for Lgbt rights.
In the op-ed, Jane Pitt wrote in part:
"Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama -- a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage."
The paper initially claimed the woman was not related to the actor but hours later confirmed that it was in fact Pitt's mother.
Reactions from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community ranged from anger to surprise, as Brad Pitt has a long history of voicing his support for Lgbt rights.
- 7/9/2012
- by Noah Michelson
- Huffington Post
Despite publicly criticizing Mitt Romney for being unable to "hang" with President Barack Obama, controversial director Spike Lee recently told Vulture that when he met the conservative politician at Reagan National Airport a few years ago the two shook hands.
"I was just in D.C. and he was there and he said, 'What’s up, Spike?'" Lee recalled. "I said, 'What’s happening, Mitt?' We were in line getting something to eat. So I said what’s up and shook hands."
Lee, an outspoken Obama supporter, told Vulture that although he believes the presidential election is going to be "very, very, very close," at the end of the day, it may come down to Romney's religion.
"I think there will be a block of people saying, 'I cannot vote for a Mormon,'" he said. "They got a tough decision: Obama or a Mormon. Their beliefs got...
"I was just in D.C. and he was there and he said, 'What’s up, Spike?'" Lee recalled. "I said, 'What’s happening, Mitt?' We were in line getting something to eat. So I said what’s up and shook hands."
Lee, an outspoken Obama supporter, told Vulture that although he believes the presidential election is going to be "very, very, very close," at the end of the day, it may come down to Romney's religion.
"I think there will be a block of people saying, 'I cannot vote for a Mormon,'" he said. "They got a tough decision: Obama or a Mormon. Their beliefs got...
- 7/8/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Brad Pitt has not only been a vocal supporter of Barack Obama throughout both of his presidential bids, but also a gay rights advocate. Brad previously claimed he and Angelina Jolie would only marry when everyone was able to, and starred in a staged reading of 8 – a play that used the Prop 8 trial transcripts to demonstrate why the political proposition was immoral.
Related - Brad Pitt: There's No Wedding Date
But it appears those beliefs have only been formed since Brad, who was raised Southern Baptist, left his parent's Missouri house because his mother, Jane, has written an anti-gay, anti-Obama letter to her local paper after they ran a piece asking voters to reject Mitt Romney because of his Mormon faith. Her letter reads:
Related - One Year in Angelina Jolie's Life
"I have given much thought to Richard Stoecker's letter ("Vote for Mormon against beliefs," June 15). I am also a Christian and differ with the...
Related - Brad Pitt: There's No Wedding Date
But it appears those beliefs have only been formed since Brad, who was raised Southern Baptist, left his parent's Missouri house because his mother, Jane, has written an anti-gay, anti-Obama letter to her local paper after they ran a piece asking voters to reject Mitt Romney because of his Mormon faith. Her letter reads:
Related - One Year in Angelina Jolie's Life
"I have given much thought to Richard Stoecker's letter ("Vote for Mormon against beliefs," June 15). I am also a Christian and differ with the...
- 7/6/2012
- TheInsider.com
Brad Pitt's mother Jane has written an anti-Obama, anti-gay letter in support of Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.
"Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney's opponent, Barack Hussein Obama — a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright's church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage," she states in The Springfield News-Leader.
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"Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney's opponent, Barack Hussein Obama — a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright's church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage," she states in The Springfield News-Leader.
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- 7/6/2012
- by Robyn Ross
- TVGuide - Breaking News
After some yes-it-is, no-it-isn't, it turns out that yes, it is Brad Pitt's mother Jane that wrote a letter to her local paper slamming President Obama, a woman's right to choose, and marriage equality. I bet family dinners are fun. "Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama — a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage."
Rod McCollum writes over at Ebony about how Frank Ocean's coming out is a bigger deal than Anderson Cooper's, and I have to agree.
The Episcopal Church is preparing to approve a liturgy to bless same-sex unions. It bears a lot in common with marriage vows, but the...
Rod McCollum writes over at Ebony about how Frank Ocean's coming out is a bigger deal than Anderson Cooper's, and I have to agree.
The Episcopal Church is preparing to approve a liturgy to bless same-sex unions. It bears a lot in common with marriage vows, but the...
- 7/6/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Brad Pitt may be known as one of Hollywood's most gay-friendly leading men, but his mother's views are evidently less open-minded.
In a letter to Missouri's Springfield News-Leader, Jane Pitt expresses her support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, noting that "any Christian should spend much time in prayer before refusing to vote for a family man with high morals, business experience, who is against abortion, and shares Christian conviction concerning homosexuality just because he is a Mormon."
Jane, whom the News-Leader has identified as "the mother of actor Brad Pitt and local businessman Doug Pitt," continues:
"Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama -- a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports...
In a letter to Missouri's Springfield News-Leader, Jane Pitt expresses her support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, noting that "any Christian should spend much time in prayer before refusing to vote for a family man with high morals, business experience, who is against abortion, and shares Christian conviction concerning homosexuality just because he is a Mormon."
Jane, whom the News-Leader has identified as "the mother of actor Brad Pitt and local businessman Doug Pitt," continues:
"Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama -- a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports...
- 7/5/2012
- by Curtis M. Wong
- Huffington Post
Donald Trump may have briefly sidetracked Mitt Romney's campaign message in Las Vegas with his renewed "birther" talk, but it isn't the first time an opinionated supporter has put a candidate in an awkward position.
In 2008, candidate Barack Obama had to distance himself from his former longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, following the Chicago clergyman's incendiary rhetoric and contentious public appearances. Obama also faced questions about his relationships with 1960s radical Bill Ayers and convicted Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko.
John McCain had pastor troubles, too. The 2008 Gop nominee secured primary endorsements from pastors John Hagee of Texas and Rod Parsley of Ohio, but later disavowed them because of their controversial sermons.
McCain also was partly upstaged by his lightly vetted running mate, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Earlier this month, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker put Obama in a tough spot when he described as "nauseating...
In 2008, candidate Barack Obama had to distance himself from his former longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, following the Chicago clergyman's incendiary rhetoric and contentious public appearances. Obama also faced questions about his relationships with 1960s radical Bill Ayers and convicted Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko.
John McCain had pastor troubles, too. The 2008 Gop nominee secured primary endorsements from pastors John Hagee of Texas and Rod Parsley of Ohio, but later disavowed them because of their controversial sermons.
McCain also was partly upstaged by his lightly vetted running mate, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Earlier this month, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker put Obama in a tough spot when he described as "nauseating...
- 5/30/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
It's only a matter of time before this presidential race turns nasty. And while everyone in the media has their popcorn makers ready for the inevitable ad war, both campaigns have, so far, acted as deterrents for some of the more highly charged rhetoric in the campaign. Mitt Romney publicly shut down the idea that he would capitalize on Reverend Jeremiah Wright to attack President Obama. Chris Matthews predicted on his show today that the likely 2012 winner will the the candidate who goes further in getting negative against their opponent.
- 5/20/2012
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
Today's Fox News Sunday panel took on recent attempts by a conservative Super Pac to bring Reverend Jeremiah Wright back into the news to link him and his views to President Obama. Karl Rove, a Super Pac leader of his own, said that bringing up Reverend Wright now, four years after it was dismissed as a viable campaign tactic by John McCain, is a "stupid" tactic for the Republicans to take and they should back off of that line of attack.
- 5/20/2012
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
The story of a Super Pac planning on resuscitating Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a campaign issue has raised questions on both sides of the aisle-- from the ethics of doing so to why the mainstream media avoided the topic. On Fox & Friends this morning, Jonah Goldberg noted that he found in the mainstream media a "deep, nagging insecurity" about the way they handled the 2008 campaign, one that has made them somewhat hesitant to bring up issues from 2008 that could politically help the President.
- 5/19/2012
- by Frances Martel
- Mediaite - TV
It is 2012 and the nation faces a brand new presidential election, but somehow Rev. Jeremiah Wright has become, once again, a focal point in the campaign, due in some part to a Super Pac proposal the New York Times dug up suggesting hammering that point into the political consciousness of voters. On last night's Ed Show, host Ed Schultz argued the fairness and relevance of bringing up Wright again, and how Mitt Romney may be exposing himself to attack over his Mormon faith if he allows his campaign to go after Wright.
- 5/19/2012
- by Frances Martel
- Mediaite - TV
Fifteen minutes in the penalty box! Several cable news pundits this week looked as if they were duking it out in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, as they rhetorically crosschecked one another into the boards. There was plenty of vitriol to be spewed with Jeremiah Wright, President Obama's visit to The View and gay marriage dominating the week's headlines. Heated disagreements ensued and some people left with their feelings hurt.
- 5/18/2012
- by James Crugnale
- Mediaite - TV
"Spotify the News" is a new HuffPost feature designed to translate the week's big headlines into a weekend-worthy playlist featuring classic hits, unfairly overlooked obscurities and a good deal of what's in between.
Well, "Today Is The Day" we've been waiting for -- the big Facebook I.P.O.! Will Mark Zuckerberg remember to say "Thank You Friends" when he tallies up his zillion-dollar haul, or is the social network saddled with an "Ungrateful Little Father"? Certainly, the company's earliest investors have to be crowing, "We Are the Champions" -- it's "A Beautiful Day" for Bono of U2, who stands to make $1.2 billion from his chunk of Facebook, and even Eduardo Saverin must be singin' in "Singapore."
The news wasn't nearly as good for Jp Morgan Chase C.E.O. Jamie Dimon, who went from Wall Street's "Last Man Standing" to America's favorite "Whipping Boy" after his firm lost $3 billion in one fell swoop.
Well, "Today Is The Day" we've been waiting for -- the big Facebook I.P.O.! Will Mark Zuckerberg remember to say "Thank You Friends" when he tallies up his zillion-dollar haul, or is the social network saddled with an "Ungrateful Little Father"? Certainly, the company's earliest investors have to be crowing, "We Are the Champions" -- it's "A Beautiful Day" for Bono of U2, who stands to make $1.2 billion from his chunk of Facebook, and even Eduardo Saverin must be singin' in "Singapore."
The news wasn't nearly as good for Jp Morgan Chase C.E.O. Jamie Dimon, who went from Wall Street's "Last Man Standing" to America's favorite "Whipping Boy" after his firm lost $3 billion in one fell swoop.
- 5/18/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace weighed in on leaked reports that a pro-Mitt Romney super Pac was preparing to release ads linking President Barack Obama to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Romney repudiated that Pac and urged them not to air those ads. Wallace said that there is a “double standard” when it comes to discussing Obama’s past as opposed to Romney’s. He also said that Sen. John McCain (R-az) was “crazy” for not attacking Obama on his association with Wright in 2008.
- 5/18/2012
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
Tune in alert for MSNBC Thursday, May 17, 2012 .Hardball with Chris Matthews. (Live 5-6 P.M. Et, Re-airs 7-8 P.M. Et) Tonight.s Highlights: Gop Pac plans Jeremiah Wright-themed attack on Obama with Chuck Todd, NBC News Chief Wh correspondent and Major Garrett, National Journal; Romney tries to use Clinton as wedge . will it work or backfire with Alex Wagner, MSNBC host and Howard Fineman, Huffington Post Video Clips: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/ Blog: http://hardballblog.msnbc.msn.com/ .PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton. (Live 6-7 P.M. Et) Tonight.s Highlights: Rep. Steve King (R-ia); Fighting for the Voting Rights Act with Rep. Steny Hoyer, (D) Maryland, House Minority Whip; Romney.s False Equivalency: Bain & The Auto Bailout with Steve Kornacki, Salon.com and Erin McPike, Real Clear...
- 5/17/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
With the news that a certain Super Pac may be working to resurrect the political corpse Republicans keep trying to shove in President Barack Obama's closet known as Rev. Jeremiah Wright, many are bracing for a rerun of 2008 in many respects. The key difference, of course, is not having Sen. John McCain on the other side of the argument, and Roland Martin on CNN today noted that may make the Jeremiah Wright talking point even more poisonous, because it "puts Mormonism on the table."...
- 5/17/2012
- by Frances Martel
- Mediaite - TV
Reverend Jeremiah Wright may become a campaign flashpoint once again. President Obama's former long-time Chicago pastor who drew attention during the 2008 campaign for sermons critical of American foreign policy and domestic racial relations, is at the center of a plan led by billionaire Joe Ricketts to deny the president re-election. The New York Times reports that Ricketts, who founded the brokerage firm Td Ameritrade and owns the Chicago Cubs, is working to enact a $10 million ad campaign detailed in a report called "The Defeat of Barack Hussein Obama: The Ricketts Plan to End His Spending for
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- 5/17/2012
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rev. Jeremiah Wright -- the guy who almost derailed President Obama's campaign in 2008 -- is running his mouth again ... this time claiming the Obama camp tried to bribe him four years ago ... with $150k of hush money. Mr. Wright -- President Obama's former pastor -- started a media frenzy when his controversial sermons surfaced and an "outraged" Obama was forced to publicly condemn him. But the reverend claims in went beyond that.He tells the NY Post,...
- 5/13/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Actor Matthew Modine shocked TV viewers on Tuesday when he used the N-word during a political debate.
The Full Metal Jacket star appeared on America's The Bill O'Reilly Show to talk about his work promoting liberalism.
Modine used the term after being asked his opinion of Revd. Jeremiah Wright - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's former pastor - who had held a press conference the day before to defend his controversial sermons.
Wright hit the headlines last month when it was revealed his fiery sermons included nationalist leanings and racist undertones aimed at white America.
The Chicago, Illinois minister made claims that the Us government created the Aids virus to harm blacks and that the country brought the 9/11 terrorist attacks on itself.
Obama has since severed ties to Revd. Wright, who married the senator and his wife and baptised the couple's children.
And the poltically-active Modine waded into the war of words during his chat with newsman O'Reilly.
Asked to comment on Wright's outbursts, the actor said, "Well, I think of him as an older generation, an old American... And like my father used to say, you know, 'uppity n**ger,' you know, when those kind of things that older generations would say about things.
"I feel that Reverend Wright is just of that older generation. He doesn't represent the America that we enjoy today."
The racially-offensive word was bleeped out of the broadcast.
The Full Metal Jacket star appeared on America's The Bill O'Reilly Show to talk about his work promoting liberalism.
Modine used the term after being asked his opinion of Revd. Jeremiah Wright - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's former pastor - who had held a press conference the day before to defend his controversial sermons.
Wright hit the headlines last month when it was revealed his fiery sermons included nationalist leanings and racist undertones aimed at white America.
The Chicago, Illinois minister made claims that the Us government created the Aids virus to harm blacks and that the country brought the 9/11 terrorist attacks on itself.
Obama has since severed ties to Revd. Wright, who married the senator and his wife and baptised the couple's children.
And the poltically-active Modine waded into the war of words during his chat with newsman O'Reilly.
Asked to comment on Wright's outbursts, the actor said, "Well, I think of him as an older generation, an old American... And like my father used to say, you know, 'uppity n**ger,' you know, when those kind of things that older generations would say about things.
"I feel that Reverend Wright is just of that older generation. He doesn't represent the America that we enjoy today."
The racially-offensive word was bleeped out of the broadcast.
- 5/1/2008
- WENN
Joy Behar got right to the heart of the matter that could ultimately decide the election. "I understand," Behar said to presidential candidate Barack Obama, "that you’re related to Brad Pitt, in some way." What The View host – who, along with her colleagues, welcomed the Democratic Illinois U.S. senator to the ABC daytime show Friday – was referring to was a claim by the New England Historic Genealogical Society that Pitt and Obama are distant cousins, linked by one Edwin Hickman, who died in Virginia in 1769. "Are you related to Brad Pitt?" pressed Behar, according to clips provided by ABC.
- 3/28/2008
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
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