Voice of America correspondent Anita Powell provided another example Wednesday of how, using our hard-earned tax dollars, government-run media results in a product heavily tilted to the left. During the White House press briefing, Powell used her time to inform Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre that “people both inside the United States and outside are…asking, is the United States a racist society.”
While TV providers make decisions about what channels consumers can and can’t have in their lineup while consumers have a choice of which provider (if any) to do business with, Americans don’t have that choice when it comes to their tax dollars being shipped off to left-wing operations masquerading as news outfits.
Powell first asked about debt ceiling negotiations before zooming out and first invoking the Tyre Nichols funeral in Memphis as a way of hurling her cockamamie claim that, because of what happened there, Americans and foreigners are questioning whether America’s “a racist society.”
She eventually asked a question about what steps can “holistically” be taken to remedy that:
I’d like to hear your thought on that and also what the administration is doing beyond just police reform, qualified immunity, those discussions, what the U.S. is doing holistically — what the administration is doing holistically to address that perception?
Jean-Pierre offered a milquetoast answer, but didn’t endorse that sort of logic spun by race hustlers and woke educators hellbent on planting that idea in the minds of America’s youth.
She began by noting the importance of Black History Month as it “lift[s] up the contribution of Black Americans, and also understanding that their culture, when you think about Black culture as an American, is also American culture” and how they’ve contributed to our country’s rich history.
“[W]hen the President walked into this administration, he said there were four crises that we needed to deal with. One of them was COVID. One of them was the economy, climate change, and he talked about racial injustice and he had — he had given many — he has given many — many speeches on the work that we still need to do,” she added.
She went onto say President Biden “understands there’s a lot more work to be done and we need to call out injustices and continue to do that and while we have a rich history and an important history in this country, there are things that he also believes…we talk about…and that is the injustices that we have seen in the Black community and other communities”.
Of course, she ended by boasting of how the administration has won the diversity Olympics, stating in part: “So, that’s why the President has made it a priority in his administration to make sure that it looks like America, to make sure that we see the diversity in this administration”.
To see the relevant transcript from February 1’s briefing, click “expand.”
White House press briefing [via Washington Post Live]
February 1, 2023
3:31 p.m. EasternANITA POWELL: Zooming out on the Tyre Nichols funeral today, people both inside the United States and outside are looking at this killing and asking, is the United States a racist society? I’d like to hear your thought on that and also what the administration is doing beyond just police reform, qualified immunity, those discussions, what the U.S. is doing holistically — what the administration is doing holistically to address that perception?
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: So, at the top of the briefing, you heard me lay out how important this month is because it’s Black History Month, and how important it is to see Black Americans and lifting up the contribution of Black Americans, and also understanding that their culture, when you think about Black culture as an American, is also American culture, when you think about what they’ve been able to — what the Black community has been able to contribute to the history of this country, what they’ve been able to contribute in many different sectors of — of America and so, that’s something that’s really important that we will continue to lift up. There was a memorandum that was put out by the President and, look, you know, when the President walked into this administration, he said there were four crises that we needed to deal with. One of them was COVID. One of them was the economy, climate change, and he talked about racial injustice and he had — he had given many — he has given many — many speeches on the work that we still need to do to deal with an issue that is affecting a community acro — communities across the country — this particular community, the Black community. So, we understand — he understands there’s a lot more work to be done and we need to call out injustices and continue to do that. And while we have a rich history and an important history in this country, there are things that he also believes is important that we talk about and we speak to, and that is the injustices that we have seen in the Black community and other communities as well, historically. So, that’s why the President has made it a priority in his administration to make sure that it looks like America, to make sure that we see the diversity in this administration, throughout different communities and you see that over and over again when you look at the different agencies, when you look in to the White House and this is — this is historically the most diverse administration in history and that matters. When we talk about policies, when we’re talking about transformational change, when we talk about how do we move forward in a country that is dealing with many issues, that’s important to see that and to have that at the federal government. So, again, lots more work to be done. The President understands that. He’s spoken to that and we’re going to hopefully be able to — to work towards the healing for this country.