Carmen Garcia
Aasif Mandvi on CNN
Why are so many Hollywood roles played by white actors? Aasif Mandvi stops by CNN to discuss his Salon story
“The Daily Show” correspondent and Salon writer Aasif Mandvi spoke with CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux today to discuss his story on the perils of Hollywood whitewashing — the casting of white actors to play roles originally written as non-white characters. “America is not the same as it was 50 years ago,” he said, arguing that Hollywood shouldn’t rely on a solely white rotation of leading men and women. Here’s the clip:
Kornacki on “Now”
In a late-night email, Rick Santorum endorses Mitt Romney for president. But do endorsements even matter?
Tuesday afternoon, senior political writer Steve Kornacki joined a panel to discuss Rick Santorum’s begrudged “endorsement” of Mitt Romney for president in 2012, arguing that as time goes on, it’s “less and less an issue of Romney unifying the right,” and more an issue of cultural supremacy.
Steve Kornacki on “Rachel Maddow”
Has Romney lost the Latino vote? VIDEO
On Wednesday evening, senior political writer Steve Kornacki joined Rachel Maddow to talk about whether Mitt Romney’s compulsive flip-flopping will hurt him in the general election. While discussing the GOP candidate’s stance on immigration, Steve explained, “[Mitt's] wiggle room here is very nuanced, and very limited.”
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Even Mitt Romney's arrest record reeks of rich people's problems VIDEO
Salon writer and author of “The Rude Guide to Mitt Romney” Alex Pareene spoke with Cenk Uygur on “The Young Turks” about the GOP candidate’s jarring idiosyncrasies.
Joan Walsh on “The Ed Show”
Salon editor-at-large Joan Walsh joins Ed Schultz to discuss the president's prospects in November VIDEO
Tuesday evening, Joan Walsh talked to Ed Shultz about the voter-recruitment tactics President Obama and Mitt Romney will likely adopt in the upcoming race. While Obama appeals to the middle class, she argued, the GOP candidate has a different audience: “Mitt Romney is the poster boy for the top 1 percent.”
Continue Reading CloseJoan Walsh on “Now With Alex”
Is the Buffett rule "pixie dust"? Joan Walsh joins a panel to discuss VIDEO
On Tuesday afternoon, Joan Walsh discussed the Buffett rule as part of an MSNBC panel. She slammed Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget deal, saying that while the president is trying to steer the debate in the direction of fairness and equality, Ryan’s budget “will bust the deficit wide open.”
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