Eddie Scarry, Author at Colorado Springs Gazette

PERSPECTIVE: The privilege pyramid

Mar 1, 2020

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Privilege is an outgrowth of the social justice movement, that branch of political activism that asserts there’s an inherent unfairness, and prejudice, rooted in American life. This unfairness manifests itself in the oppression, grievance, and victimization of women, nonwhites, gays, lesbians, and even transsexuals. It’s an ideology that demands that the country’s very foundations, customs,…

Judge rules in favor of CNN, returning Jim Acosta’s White House press pass

Nov 16, 2018

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U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled Friday that the White House must immediately restore CNN correspondent Jim Acosta’s “hard pass” that allows him to report on White House grounds. CNN argued in court Wednesday that the White House had discriminated against CNN correspondent Jim Acosta by suspending his hard pass, which allows him access to…

Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer announces he has ‘a few weeks left to live’ due to cancer

Jun 8, 2018

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Conservative author, columnist and TV commentator Charles Krauthammer announced Friday that doctors have given him just weeks left to live, as his cancer has returned after what he hoped was a successful operation. “That operation…

ESPN’s Jemele Hill: No apology to Trump, but ‘lesson learned’

Sep 27, 2017

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Eddie Scarry

ESPN host Jemele Hill said her controversial comments about President Trump being a “white supremacist” were not appropriate for Twitter, but stopped short of apologizing for them, and said only that she “learned” a lesson. “Warriors player Kevin Durant and I probably need to take some classes about how to exercise better self-control on Twitter.…

Former Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren joins MSNBC

Jan 5, 2017

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former Fox News primetime anchor Greta Van Susteren is joining MSNBC, the cable channel announced Thursday. Van Susteren, who left Fox in September, will host a 6 p.m. program called “For the Record with Greta.”…

Megyn Kelly leaving Fox for NBC, according to report

Jan 3, 2017

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK — Megyn Kelly, the Fox News star who’s had a contentious relationship with President-elect Donald Trump, said Tuesday that she’s leaving the network for NBC News, where she will host a daytime talk…

NYT publisher reminds staff to cover Trump administration ‘without bias’

Nov 11, 2016

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New York Times publisher reminded staff Friday in a public memo that it is the paper’s duty to cover the incoming Donald Trump administration fairly. (AP Photo/John Locher)