BREAKING: NBC Meet the Press Accused of Racism in “Gun Violence” Video

By Robert Farago

In the wake of the Charleston church massacre, NBC’s Meet the Press ran the above anti-gun segment on “gun violence.” The carefully-edited segment featured incarcerated criminals who shot innocent people (and lived to regret it). All of those interviewed were black. Todd asked his audience to ignore that fact. Yeah. No. Within minutes the Internet was abuzz with charges of racial bias. So much so that host Chuck Todd barely had time to strip off his microphone and hit his desktop computer to pen an explanation. As you’d expect, it’s a combination of sorry we hurt your feelings but screw you it’s our job to make you uncomfortable. Seriously. Here it is . . .

We’ve gotten a lot of feedback about the gun video we showed on Meet the Press today. Some were upset it only featured African-American men talking about their regrets of pulling a trigger. All of the men in the piece volunteered to be a part of the video and the larger project it is a part of.

But the last thing we wanted was to cloud the discussion of the topic.

The original decision to air this segment was made before Wednesday’s …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns