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The Intercept: New York Times Exposé Lacks Evidence to Claim Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence Oct. 7

2024-03-20T22:55:08.919Z

We speak with Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim of The Intercept about their exposé of a major New York Times piece into alleged mass rapes committed by Hamas militants on October 7 that raises serious questions about the accuracy of the story. The Times article was headlined "'Screams Without Words': How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7," and its release in late December helped the Israeli government to justify the ongoing war on Gaza and to paint pro-Palestine supporters abroad as not caring about sexual violence. One of the reporters of the Times piece, Israeli freelancer Anat Schwartz, is being investigated by the Times for her social media activity, which included dehumanizing language and endorsements of violence against Palestinians in Gaza. "The New York Times has grave, grave mischaracterizations, sins of omission, reliance on people who have no forensic or criminology credentials to be asserting that there was a systematic rape campaign put in place here," says Scahill, who criticizes the newspaper for not issuing any corrections for their flawed reporting. We also hear from Ryan Grim about how the flawed Times article touched off "extremely intense debate" inside the newsroom. "They're used to external criticism, but the amount of internal criticism they're getting has them on the backfoot," he says.

Latino contributions to the birth of New York hip-hop

2023-04-26T22:53:02.911Z

Latinos played a critical role in helping to define hip-hop culture in New York. John Leguizamo talks with DJ Tony Touch about Latino trailblazers in hip-hop culture, like photographer Joe Conzo and hip hop group, the Rock Steady Crew.

Chuck D: Hip Hop Rose Up When New York City Was Left For Dead

2023-02-01T23:29:03.719Z

Public Enemy founder Chuck D tells Stephen that as the world celebrates five decades of Hip Hop music and culture, it’s important to tell the origin stories and learn from the people who were there at the beginning. His new docuseries, “Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World,” starts January 31st on PBS.

Chris Rock 'still processing' Will Smith Oscars slap | New York Post

2022-04-07T18:22:23.794Z

Chris Rock broke his silence about Sunday's Oscar smackdown in front of an energized crowd of passionate supporters at a comedy show in Boston Wednesday night.

"You got me all misty and s-," Rock, 57, said after basking in a rousing, nearly two-minute standing ovation as he took the stage at the Wilbur Theater to start a run of shows.

"How was your weekend?" Rock, wearing a white outfit, asked the cheering crowd.

"I don't have a bunch of s- about what happened," he said of the elephant in the room, explaining that he had already prepared an entire set.

"I had like a whole show I wrote before this weekend. I'm still kinda processing what happened. So at some point, I'll talk about that s–."

"Sue him, Chris, sue him," an audience member yelled out.

"So I'm gonna tell some jokes. It's nice to be out," Rock said as he dove into his set, which was scheduled before the comic was attacked by Will Smith on Hollywood's biggest stage.

Everything Sen. Elizabeth Warren Said at the Las Vegas Democratic Debate | NBC New York

2020-02-27T00:55:14.077Z

See everything Massachusettes Sen. Elizabeth Warren said at the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas ahead of the Nevada caucuses.

More on the debate: From the opening bell, Democrats unleashed an aggressive verbal assault on New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg and raised new questions about Bernie Sanders' take-no-prisoners politics in a contentious debate Wednesday night that threatened to scramble even further the party's urgent quest to defeat President Donald Trump.

The former New York City mayor was forced to defend his divisive record on race, gender and Wall Street in his debate-stage debut, while Sanders, appearing in his ninth of the 2020 primary season, tried to beat back pointed questions about his health and his embrace of democratic socialism.

Fierce exchanges throughout the two-hour affair marked the most aggressive sustained period of infighting in the Democrats’ yearlong search for a presidential nominee, reflecting rising urgency in a 2020 primary season that is already deep into its voting phase. Nevada votes Saturday. South Carolina the week after. And more than a dozen states host a series of Super Tuesday contests in less than two weeks.

In a fight for her political life, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was a leading aggressor against Bloomberg. She was on the attack throughout the night following a sharp slide in the polls, calling Bloomberg "a billionaire who calls people fat broads and horse-faced lesbians."