CBS News is self-immolating after reporter dared to make Ta-Nehisi Coates answer some difficult questions
CBS News reporters forced Ta-Nehisi Coates to face some tough questions about his recent focus on criticizing Israel, and in the aftermath, the network began to fall apart. Tony Dokoupil challenged the author, who appeared as a guest on “CBS Morning,” for taking a one-sided view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his new book. “We […]
CBS host grills Ta-Nehisi Coates on anti-Israel views in new book: Looks like it came from ‘an extremist’
“CBS Morning” anchor Tony Dokoupil slammed author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates in a tense interview Monday over whether he believes Israel has a “right to exist.” Coates appeared on the show to preview his new book, The Message, a collection of new essays by the best-selling author about his travels around the world. “In the […]
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ vision of an Israel without Jews
One sentence is enough to understand author Ta-Nehisi Coates' view of Israel. “On the last day of my trip to Palestine, I visited Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center,” Coates writes at the beginning of the final section of his new book, The Message. Arriving on the eve of the one-year anniversary of Hamas's […]
Franki Raffles and Joanne Coates review – studies of women and class show how little things have changed | Photography
TThe fact that Frankie Raffles is so little known is a travesty. The Jewish, Marxist, lesbian, feminist photographer worked for just over a decade until her death in 1994 at the age of 39 while giving birth to her twin daughters. At the time, she turned her lens on women with radiant enthusiasm, portraying them […]
CNN’s Laura Coates Can’t Keep It Together, Rambles Incoherently While Reporting On Man Who Set Himself On Fire
CNN’s Laura Coates rambled incoherently Friday as she reacted live to a man setting himself on fire in front of the courthouse for President Donald Trump’s trial. Coates first labeled the incident as an active shooting before pivoting to more accurate commentary, saying the man was on fire. “Active shooter! An active shooter is in the […]