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How Ta-Nehisi Coates broke free of liberal American Zionism
The acclaimed African-American author's new book marks his deliverance from Zionist prose and signals a broader cultural shift in the US that is critical of Israel
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Jonah Goldberg: Here’s what Ta-Nehisi Coates got right about Israel and Palestinians
The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has gotten far more attention than he deserves for his new book, “The Message,” which contains a blistering condemnation of Israel. The response from Israel’s defenders has been equally and deservedly blistering.
Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Temptations of Narrative
Few writers have seemed as aware of the hazards of professional opinion-mongering as Ta-Nehisi Coates. “Columns are where great journalists go to die,” he once wrote. “Unmoored from the rigors of actually making calls and expending shoe leather,
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What Ta-Nehisi Coates Doesn't Understand About Us Palestinians | Opinion
This is not a civil rights struggle akin to 1960s America or apartheid South Africa. It's grown into a fully-blown military conflict between two separate nationhoods.
Pro-Israel CBS Anchor Goes On ‘Apology Tour’ After Criticism Of Ta-Nehisi Coates
TV ScreenshotYouTube Screenshots After he sparked a full-blown crisis at CBS News with his explosive interview of acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates, anchor Tony Dokoupil has spent the past few days reaching out to network colleagues on what some are describing as an “apology tour,
CBS News says heated Ta-Nehisi Coates interview did not meet editorial standards after criticism
CBS News executives said Monday that a heated morning show interview with acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates, during which his new book was compared to “extremist” writings, did not meet the network’s editorial standards.
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Opinion: Ta-Nehisi Coates CBS interviewer denied him a civil platform to share his view
Columnist Andrea Williams writes for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee. She is the curator of the Black Tennessee Voices initiative.
CBS' handling of contentious 'Mornings' segment with Ta-Nehisi Coates raises new questions
The growing controversy around a CBS interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates
CBS executives rebuked one of the network's hosts, Tony DoKoupil, saying that an interview he conducted with author Ta-Nehisi Coates failed to meet editorial standards. The interview, centered on Coates' new book about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
Paramount chair defends reprimanded CBS anchor over controversial interview
A CBS morning news anchor recently faced criticism following an interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates over his new book "The Message."
CBS executives ‘admit heated Ta-Nehisi Coates interview on Gaza did not meet standards’ after backlash
CBS Mornings’ co-anchor Tony Dokoupil compared Coates’s new book to ‘extremist’ writings – prompting online backlash ...
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Take it from someone who’s both Black and Jewish: Ta-Nehisi Coates weaponizes race to spread antisemitism
In his book 'The Message,' author Ta-Nehisi Coates uses race to promote an anti-Zionist message that is inherently ...
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Jonah Goldberg: What Ta-Nehisi Coates got right about Israel and Palestinians
The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has gotten far more attention than he deserves for his new book, “The Message,” which contains a blistering condemnation of Israel. The response from Israel’s defenders ...
CBS News Executives Said That ‘CBS Mornings’ Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates Did Not Meet Editorial Standards
Top CBS News executives told staffers on a call Monday morning that a contentious interview exchange between CBS Mornings ...
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Ta-Nehisi Coates says Harris funding Gaza war as first Black female president would be ‘nightmare’
Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose new book compares life for Palestinians to the experience of Black Americans under Jim Crow, said ...
Anti-racist activist suggests he might have participated in Oct. 7 attacks if he grew up in Gaza
Anti-racist polemicist Ta-Nehisi Coates says he doesn’t know if he would have been “strong enough’’ to not join in the Oct. 7 ...
CBS anchor’s grilling of Coates creates rift among Paramount execs
Top executives at media giant Paramount clashed over editorial policies broken by CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil in a discussion ...