a conservative paper takes aim at fox news with comparison to the kkk. that got reaction from the king of cable. >> i'm not going to let this go. >> jon: and teen sensation justin beiber takes a hit for being pro-life. >> jon: on the panel this week, judy miller, columnist john concha and ellen ratnor and fox news contributor richard grenell. i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. "fox news watch" is on right now. >>> with this endless parade of distractions and political posturing and phony scandals the point with the endless distraction of political posturing. >> endless parade of distractions and political posturing and phony scandals. >> so far. endless parade of distractions and political posturing and phony scandals. we keep on shifting away, shifting our attention what we should be focused on. >> jon: the president as you can see there trying to hammer on his theme he has a plan that republicans and distractions are getting in his way. so what are the phony scandals? >> in the speech you did yesterday, president obama mentioned the phony s

about his sorted >>> a connecticut paper takes a at conservatives and fox news with comparisons to the kkk. that got some reaction from the king of cable. >> i'm not going to let this go. >> and teen sensation justin bieber takes a hit for being pro-life. on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. meteorite.com columnist joe pack ka. ellen ratner, talk radio news service bureau chief. and fox news contributor richard grenell. i'm john scott. "fox news watch" is on right now. >>> this with endless parade of distractions and phony the point is, with an endless distraction of political posturing. endless parade of distractions and political posturing and phony scandals. so far for most of this year, we've seen an endless parade and distractions and political posturing and phony scandals and we keep on shifting our attention away from what we should be focused on. >> the president, as you can see there, is trying to hammer home his theme that he has a plan, just that republicans and these distractions are getting in his way. so what are the phony scandals? >> in the s

there is no comparing fox news and republican party to the kkk.e wrong those, we were wrong in making the connection. look at the cartoon next to the apology? takes everything away. i apologize for hitting my sister, i would like to hit her again. fox news, not racist but with racists. >> that's from the simpsons, that cartoon. >> why was it necessary to put that. >> why was it necessary for -- >> they think they're so darn clever. imagine the cocktail parties, did you see that. they love to hate. they perfepetuate open mindedne. probably never watched the show. when i saw this newspaper is apologizing for saying fox news is like the kkk, then you have the editorial writer, headline writer in tennessee who got fired for having a mild anti-obama headline. he got fired. >> the biggest racist on television is at msnbc, al sharpton. >> biggest race card player, bar none on tv. >> one problem with this to be quick, they say they have some subset in a poll that tells you these people are racist. i have done poll force years, never had anybody admit they

there is noe comparing fox news and the republican party to the kkk.ong those -- we are wrong in make the connection. however, look at the cartoon they put next to the apology! this takes everything away.ogy? it's like i apologize for hitting my sister. by the way, i'd like to hit her again. but it's number one with racists. is that okay with you, mr. boling? >> it's not okay. it's got me scratching my head. that's actually from the simpson, that cartoon. >> right. >> hello? >> why was it necessary to put that in? >> because they think they're so darn clever. can you imagine the cocktail parties in new haven, like didim you see that? they love to hate. they perpetuate this idea of lov open mindedness and they're for everybody. they probably never watched the show. when i saw laspt night that this newspaper is apologizing for saying fox news isaw like the k and then you have the editorial writer, the headline writer in e tennessee who got fired for having a mild anti-obama headline, he got fired!an >> the biggest racist onired television right now is at

we shouldn't need a label as obvious as kkk to call out and condemn hatred and racism. institutions who are helping mainstream this message, even if that's fox news deserve to be called out and if ultimately necessary, marginalized and os central sized for enabling it, unquote. the editor of the new haven register is matt dorenzo. the publisher tom wiley. the paper is owned by a hedge fund if you can believe it the boss is randal smith. we asked the men to discuss that irresponsible editorial. they all declined because they are cowards and they know they cannot defend that vial, liable columbus piece of garbage. the new haven register should be ashamed. the paper has lost all credibility and it had better apologize in writing by the end of the week. i'm not going to let this go. the anger generated by a simple call, a simple call for problem-solving and troubled communities clearly demonstrates that the grievance industry has no interest in actually improving conditions for mostly poor black americans. what they want to do is one simple thing, condemn america while the

, you think somebody is out there in a kkk robe, that's why we're going to make this. >> that is thebob. they often say the defense is even if a crime was a lie, these things happen anyway. so it raises awareness. >> you know, i am reminded of the blogs on the right who said that hillary clinton was responsible for vince foster being taken up and shot in a park. that was actually printed. you make this indictment of all of the left, lazy left media, i agree these things should not go on. did i use them in campaigns? yes. not like this. said the guy was a former, well, he was on a list. >> you know what else -- >> what the clintons alone from the right have taken the abuse they've taken, lies printed by right wing press is unbelievable. it is not just liberals that do this. >> who started the barack obama was a kenyan lie. oh, it was hillary clinton. >> 2016. and in other things, people that do the hoaxes, there should be criminal punishment. >> the cops have to run around and find it -- >> balloon boy. the hate crime, hold folks to a different standards. >> law enforcement costs for

you don't use the kkk.t the apology? >> this person should be ashamed of himself and whoever owns the new haven register, really, this was below the belt. this was disgusting. you should be ashamed of yourselves and the people of connecticut should reject you. i mean, are we now going to start using these blasphemies whenever we don't agree with someone's political philosophy or their professed ideology or the suspected ideology? this is beyond the pail. this is unacceptable. they really have done something that i think is unforgivable. >> brian: i imagine that's going to fit into the geraldo at large format this week when we watch you. am i correct? >> actually it's my daughter's eighth birthday and we're celebrating that. >> ainsley: where has the time gone. >> brian: mail geraldo gifts. >> she is such a doll. she cut off her long hair and donated it to locks of love. >> ainsley: just like her dad, big heart. >> steve: erica we know you're watching, happy anniversary. straight ahead on this friday telecas

there is no comparing fox news and the republican party to the kkk. and we were wrong in making that connection. unquote. however, on its web site the new haven register is displaying this editorial cartoon which is a nasty piece of work demeaning fox news viewers. contrite. the paper does have a right to editorial point of view. however, when it gets irresponsible, then the marketplace will take action and in the register's case it has. in 1995, the paper circulation was more than 100,000. today it's about 62,000. 2009, the journal register company which owns the paper went bankrupt. what the media never seems to learn is that once you cross a line into zealotry, you will fail there must be a fairness in reporting or the folks will walk away in large numbers. now, on to the core problem we have been dealing with helping poor black americans. there are reports that president obama might finally get involved now that the issue is center stage. >> yesterday's talks with house democrats the president reportedly said the administration is considering ways

. >> i was in the car and i saw someone in what was kkk walking on the outfit and seeing them and having sink in it is it like real and that started with graffiti and on the buildings and so people are getting upset. . that was a reporting back in march when we first learned about an investigation in one of the best known colleges in a series of report and hate speech on campus. there are new revelations about those claims and the new information is anything but a surprise. and they are a cl collumist and fox news contractor. michelle, welcome, what is the new information. >> the new information comes to you via the daily caller new's foundation and i have to give credit to the report that kept up on the story and did follow- up. they filed a public disclosure request and verified what i suspected and told megyn back in march and wrote a column about at the time this was a huge hoax crime that was perpetrated by two young students on campus when which one was a organizing for america volunteer and self identified progressive who did it as a "joke". what is really damming and i followed t

you are going to compare it to the kkk and the i have a dream speech to trayvon martin?ink they were responding to how the community feels. >> what part of my question did you not understand. they were comparing our supreme court to the klu klux klan. >> wait a second. i think they were trying to say that the supreme court can -- >> execucuse me. i don't need your interpretation. we have the words of melanie campbell. today there are no white sheets but there are judges in black robes on the supreme court. are you going to go along with that? >> they justify it. they justify voter supression. it is not voter supression that african americans wait two times longer than white people to vote? >> i waited a long time. >> where did you vote? >> in virginia. >> and it is my turn to talk now. if you are going to do tv you might want to learn some tv et kaet >> let's talk about bill clinton defending -- >> his mentor was -- >> the only republican on stage was abraham lincoln at the lincoln memorial. >> ask yourself why. >> excuse me i'm speaking now. let me finish. the voter who

with the freedom riders with the heat and everything that we realized when i yelled action and the kkke out and the hatred and the shaking of the bus that i realized and i yelled cut and they kept coming. i yelled cut. i screamed at the window. they kept coming. i realized that there was nobody to say cut when those kids were there and they were heroes and this was a bigger movie than just a father and son love story. not just for the black kids but the white kids were there too. it was as oprah says her ah-ha moment. >> even some of the white actors had a hard time reenacting some of those struggles because it was so violent and passionate and emotional there. i want to play a clip here. this is when the butler first arrives at the white house. he serves eight presidents. let's watch. >> i heard you were coming. what's your name? >> see kicecil gains. i'm carter wilson. this brother is james hallowway. he's my second in command. >> jack robinson. >> shake the man's first before you start asking difficult questions. >> i want to know where man is coming from. >> looks like the jury is

in 1871, the force acts were passed -- that was anti-kkk legislation. that was something president grant was much involved in. that was to protect voters in the south against the rising work of the kkk. 1873 -- we will talk more about this later -- the panic of 1873, a big downturn that resulted from some of the policies of the administration. in 1876, the battle little big horn was fought. that is some of the important points during the administration. as he brings on his cabinet, the story of the grant administration is that they were no strangers to political patronage. what kind of advisers did he surround himself with, and how involved was julia in the process? guest: most of the people that grant appointed, at least to his cabinet, he either knew of or knew personally. for example, elihu washburn secretary of state washburn. it was kind of a thank you for having supported, for washburn having supported him through the war. others were business people that he thought would do the best job. some of them turned out to be not so press-worthy, as deser

comparing the supreme court to the kkk. what was your reaction? >> hello, sean, dr. carson.istening to dr. carson and you as well. i listened to almost all of them including the president. what i brought away from that was something martin, iii, said. my cousin martin and my cousin berniece, ceo of the king center. they talked about unifying. about coming together. it's causes that divide us. it's christ's love for me that unites us. we have differing opinions and viewpoints. if we cannot learn to live together as brothers and sisters, we'll perish as fools. whatever our differences happen to be, we have to approach that in the manner that martin luther king, jr., taught 50 years ago. we walked away from the spiritual formula. that's missing along with the other concerns dr. carson mention ed. >> the president came into office five years ago, hope, change, excitement, a nation energized. great ex peck tagss, if you will. if you look at statistic i don't think he's done a good job for most americans. specifically, is black america better off with him having been president und

and then from nowhere came the kkk and the swastikas and the crosses, and i yelled cut, but they can't yelling cut, cut, and they're still coming at us, shaking the bus. and i realized at that moment that these kids were heroes, that these kids were heroes. and there was nobody -- there was no director to yell cut. >> wow. >> when that happened. >> as you said, so much of the movie is about father/son relations. let's watch this clip. >> what was the name of that movie, honey? >> "in the heat of the night". >> "in the heat of the night" with sidney poitier. >> sidney poitier is a white man's important sensitive what he wants us to be. >> what are you talking about? he just won the academy award. he is breaking down barriers for all of us. >> by being white. by acting white. sidney poitier is nothing but a rich uncle tom. >> look at you. all puffed up, your hat on your head, coming here, saying whatever you want. you need to go. >> what? >> get the hell out of my house. >> now, everybody just sit down. >> i'm sorry, mr. butler. i didn't mean to make fun of your hero. >> everything you a

. >> you said that it actually felt more like a kkk rally than a rodeo. >> not that i've been to one. the way they're portrayed on television. >> yeah. >> the announcer got the -- he got the crowd whooped up. and he was trying to wind them up. and i know what that's all about. i'm a piano player. i understand trying to get the crowd involved. and sometimes you go a little bit out on the edge. next thing you know, though, the crowd's feeding off the announcer, the announcer's feeding off the crowd. you've got the mask in play. and then you have the racist allusions. and pretty soon it's a nasty recipe and quite frankly it made me kind of sick. >> and perry, how long was he out there? how long did this act go on? >> not more than 15 minutes. it was at the very end of the rodeo. bull riding's always the last event. and they set the -- they brought him out as a statue, and people thought he might have been. later on during the act a bull actually got close to him and he jumped up and ran off in a pretty dramatic way. >> have you heard any defense of this that makes sense to you? >> yes an

what's the difference between marching down the street, as you have seen kkk members do, saying i hateng up a sign saying i want a color not to park here. they're both signs, and they are speech. >> they are. here's the difference and why i think it doesn't make a difference. yes, the first amendment protects your ability to hate other people, for the most part. and this shopping center could have put up a sign saying "we don't like muslims." however, they would still have to serve muslims or face a lawsuit. free speech allows you to express your hatred. but the law says, if you're going to deny service to somebody based on gender or religion or color of skin, you're going to pay a price in a lawsuit. for instance, you could have an employment manual, and you could write in the employment manual, women need not apply for higher positions in this organization. that's free speech. but that would be discrimination under federal law. the corporation would be sued and would pay a huge amount of money. >> so writing it is not the infraction, not executing the apologies. >> violence of segreg

he voted against the civil rights act, as did byrd and former leader, former kkk member.was the republicans that helped pass those bills. so is that the history -- >> yes, that's true but you and i both know the 60s johnson said once i pass this legislation, it's going to mean the identity of this party is going to shift. so i think we all know that lincoln being a republican is not the same as a republican today. >> ericia you respond, last word. >> well, i'd say i think we are seeing a change. i'm running for congress as an african-american republican and i have not been attacked for that. and, in fact, people have been very welcoming and receptive. i'm very encouraged, especially in light of where we've come 50 years from now. we have great signs of encouraging progress. >> thanks both of you. coming up, we picked your choice for video of the day. that's next. [ male announcer ] running out of steam? ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8.

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remember "mississippi burning" the young civil-rights workers there kidnapped by the kkk and murdered the burned down station wagon is found it at the height of the civil-rights movement they said hundreds of agents down to mississippi scouring the swaps will keep for the bodies the big story of the summer. and the movie of course, remember gene hackman there which is of black f.b.i. agent who comes down to solve the case there is about one dozen back then but what happened what is who grew% scarpa down key to the good to put the gun into his head and he asked with the bodies were he gave them bogus information so he is more afraid of the clan. then he puts the gutted his mouth -- puts the gun in his mouth then takes out the straight razr 2 unbuckled his belt and he gave were these three beautiful young been buried beneath 50 feet of clay. two years later another memo hoover asks for a special to break the case of another heroic civil-rights leader that is fireball but these are important history my lids and sure enough scarpa was flown to mississippi first they would to mrs. -- miami

whether it is the kkk doing their thing in the south today, the john birch society, the tea party nowhich is 97% caucasian, can we at least give abigail -- throw her a bouquet of roses and say that she might have influenced john quincy in terms of the color of a man's --in should not be placed -- should not determine how he is placed in society? now, you got scumbags -- >> we are going to stop you there. >> john quincy lived with her until he was 11 years old. then he went to europe with john. she did not see him again until he was 17 or 18. so he became a man. >> under the tutelage of his father. >> but she was very influential in the first 11 years. i balk at this tendency to blame the mother every time something goes wrong with the children. circumstances happen. there are genes. there is possibly a genetic disposition to alcoholism in that family. abigail's brother died of it and there were apparently other family members.and it certainly was in the culture. the kind of sensitivity to alcohol. a revolution happened when her children grew up. they grew up in wartime. that can be ve

this gentleman perry said it felt like a kkk rally. he felt that kind of anger and intensity in the crowd. that's what people found most disturbing. >> we should note that the said clown has been banned from all state fairs in missouri. >> right. and the announcer has resigned from the state rodeo board. >> philip rutger, "the washington post", always a pleasure. thank you. >> thank you. >>> english majors across the world are up in arms literally up in arms over the oxford english dictionary's decision to literally change the definition of literally. follow me here. as well as meaning in a literal manner or sense, like the driver took it literally when asked to go straight over the traffic circle, literally can now be used to acknowledge something is not literally true but is used for emphasis or to express strong feeling. it seems literally has become the most misused word in the english language now and rather than fight it experts have decided to acknowledge the word's dual definition. you are right now literally watching msnbc. wi

his light complexion and blue eyes allowed him to infiltrate kkk groups, gather details about lynchings and crimes of the participants. his writings were definitive in shaping northern public opinion about southern violence. welles and white are two of the earlier journalist activists, who demonstrated the power of the press to shape social movements. leaders of the mid-century civil rights movement fully understood the power of the press and they confronted jim crow in ways specifically designed to create stories and generate visual footage that would highlight the horrors of racial injustice. we remember the words of king and the actions of men like john lewis and the risks taken by thousands of demonstrators in part because of reporters who were on the front lines, taking the pictures and recording their stories. joining the panel is jeff nielson, director of archives at the saturday evening post, and back with us is also historian, jelani cobb. in this moment, as we're about to celebrate the 50th anniversary, what is the role of the press in social and political movements? pick one

whether it is the kkk doing their thing in the south today, the john birch society, the tea party now which is 97% caucasian, can we at least give abigail -- throw her a bouquet of roses and say that she might have influenced john quincy in terms of the color of a man's skin should not be placed -- >> john quincy lived with her until he was 11 years old. then he went to europe with john. she did not see him again until he was 17 or 18. so he became a man. >> under the tutelage of his father. >> but she was very influential in the first 11 years. i balk at this tendency to blame the mother every time something goes wrong with the children. circumstances happen. there are genes. there is possibly a genetic disposition to alcoholism in that family. abigail's brother died of it and there were apparently other family members. a revolution happened when her children grew up. they grew up in wartime. that can be very damaging to children's psyches. >> the year 1800 was a very, very difficult year for the adamses. a campaign for reelection hard- fought. thomas jefferson, he lost that good the

i decided i needed to get politically active to keep the kkk from taking over the state i live in. became active with the national organization for women because of n.o.w.'s commitment to the intersection of racism, able-ism, homophobia, all of the ism's. they are intertwined. we have been talking to colleagues in the weeks and days leading up to this very luncheon. one of the things we talked of thes the four themes 50th anniversary march on washington. that would be freedom and jobs and peace and social justice. when you look at those issues and ask yourself, what is the impact on women of those things -- then you ask yourself, what is the impact on various communities of women? what is the impact on african- american women? what is the impact on immigrant women? what about latinas, and younger women, and older women? long time ago, a legal scholar she hadrothy roberts -- that phrase. ask the woman question. any issue you are talking about, ask the woman question. answers, youd seek get an amazing insight into what is really going on in the present today as we celebrate the legac

a recruiter for the kkk literally used the "n" word live on fox, actually, and was feted by other democratic>> the tea party is equivalent to bull conner and other people in the south who tried to subject subrogate violence and other means. it's totally untrue. there is no basis in fact for it. so, is the problem is he 83 years old a bigot as tucker says? will he apologize? for this? i said earlier i would think he would have to apologize for. this i would think he would have to come on shows across the country like this show and say this is what i meant. and either validate it in some fashion, if he has some evidence. >> right. >> about the tea party. >> that they are white crackers. and also say republicans were akin to terrorists in this country. >> he would have to awill to guise if someone applied pressure to him to do so. and so you would love to see, say, harry reid or nancy pelosi or president obama, the leaders of his party apply some kind of pressure by expressing their disapproval for what he said. i bet you lunch that that won't happen. by the way, he went on to say anyone agains

evening, one of our lawyers had to sleep all night any cane field -- in a cane field because there was a kkkm. you see, our struggle is an integral part of the movement. we as lawyers had to bring our skills, not just our pocketbooks looking for people's money. but we've got to bring our free lawyering skills to be as powerful as possible in this fight. so let's think about it. since the march on washington, we've made a lot of progress but has ago has been talk about, we've got a whole long way to go. because there are so many forces working against them. remember, in 2011, i came to the national urban league and i -- [inaudible] and i talked about the voter suppression that was going on in this country. and we talked about 2012. i came back and i talked about how they had grown, how we now have 40 states that were trying to restrict the right to vote. and i told you that they counted on the raw political powers to muscle through these awful awful laws, voter id, cutting back early voting, cutting back anything that you do, try to repress student voters, try to repress latina voters come de

what if the kkk call themselves a religion.u can take over the neighborhood and do your own vigilante justice. what about the mafia, would we let them take over the neighborhood? what if hitler would have called not see as their religion. we cannot let totalitarian political ideologies get a pass by waving a religious flag. does that make sense? and as a matter of fact it ties right in with my next slide. political islam is not okay. in saudi arabia the top of arms and legs every week. we haven't eighth amendment, no cruel and unusual punishment. stonings and beatings and he said cut off the hand of the thief. this is nigeria just with the last couple of months. they have gone in and kill the students in catholic schools. they have acid attacks where they will throw acid in girls' faces if they don't wear burke this. time magazine, grow had her nose cut off. child wives. this is real law. the guy practices sharia law in his house. a lady had a ministry. she goes to the muslim house. out of the room comes another pregnant mom. t

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state, and my daughter was six months old, and i decided to get active in the community to stop the kkknazis from taking over the state i was living in. i became active then with the national organization for women because the commit to the sexism, racism, home phobia, racism, all the isms, connect the dots. they are intertwined, cannot be pulled apart. i've. talking to -- we have been talking to colleagues in the weeks and days leading up to this very lunchon, and one of the things we talked about is the four themes of the 50th anniversary march on washington, and that would be freedom and jobs and peace and social justice. when you look at those issues and ask yourself, gosh, what is the impact on women of those things, and then you ask you're, huh, what is the impact on various communities of women, what is the impact on african-american women; what is the impact on immigrant women, latinas; what about younger women; what about older women? if we ask the question issue a legal scholar, dore think roberts, i don't know if you know her, but she had that phrase, ask the woman question.