Toure

02/25/14- In today’s edition of “Inside Her Story”, Jacque Reid discusses MSNBC’s black programming initiatives including Joy Reid’s The Reid Report, PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton and NewsNation with Tamron Hall to name a few.

Is an anchor war brewing between MSNBC’s Touré and CNN’s Don Lemon? Regarding the subject of black on black crime, Toure of MSNBC’s “The Cycle” labeled Lemon as a “white leader” for not speaking up against white-on-white violence. Toure took to Twitter on Sunday to lash out against Lemon, as well as Bill O’Reilly and […]

Co-host of MSNBC’s daytime show “The Cycle” Touré joined HuffPost Live host Marc Lamont Hill Thursday and defended his network’s all-white primetime lineup. The cable news industry has come under criticism for its lack of diversity generally, and within primetime in particular. Though MSNBC has several African-American hosts, none of them anchor primetime shows. But […]

On Friday, culture critic Touré found himself apologizing for a comment he made on Thursday during a political discussion on cable news channel, MSNBC. As previously reported, Touré – one of the co-hosts of the network’s “The Cycle” – accused Mitt Romney of “using racial coding” to “other” President Barack Obama with “really deep stereotypes […]

MSNBC is making some changes in it’s daytime lineup. Actually, it’s taking advantage of the fact that host Dylan Rattigan is leaving and has decided to try something new. It’s replacing Rattigan with “The Cycle.” Journalist and outspoken pop culture commentator Touré will be one of the hosts. Besides Touré,  the program will feature conservative […]