Houston Mayor Turner calls out John Whitmire for his dog whistle. Mehdi Hasan's show booted!
Houston Mayoral Candidate John Whitmire used a well-designed dog whistle against Mayor Sylvester Turner to nudge 'a particular voter' away from Sheila Jackson Lee. MSNBC cancels The Mehdi Hasan Show.
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Houston Mayoral Candidate John Whitmire's dog whistle was subtle & effective & must be called out: Houston Mayoral Candidate John Whitmire effectively used a dog whistle technique developed by Republican Lee Atwater. He misrepresented the diversity of Mayor Sylvester Turner's administration. [More]
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner calls out Mayoral Candidate John Whitmire's dog whistle: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner did not let mayoral candidate John Whitmire get away with a Lee Atwater-styled dog whistle in his attempt to nudge a "particular voter' away from Sheila Jackson Lee. He called out the media in the process and made it clear that Whitmire can get away with things he can't in the two-tier system under which politicians live. [More]
Mehdi Hasan Booted From MSNBC After 'Daring to Practice Journalism': "Mehdi Hasan's program has felt like an oasis on air and more needed than ever," said one Palestinian American advocate of the journalist's Gaza coverage. [More]
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