suspension. why was it worth it to you? because it s got to stop. somebody has to have the guts to stand up and point at this and say we got to start talking about this. i know it s a touchy subject. i know it s a sensitive issue. especially for a white man to raise. well, yeah, there s that too. there s shame involved here. no one wants to be known as the man who abandons his children. it s understandable that people would want to walk past this and not really look at it. uh-huh. raising awareness of fatherless homes, right, and according to the latest stats we have 24 million children in america, one out of every three, live in biological father absent homes. 17 million children live with their mother and fathers homes at least. that s well-known, right? but what got little dicey was connecting that to disdain for the police. and the national association of black journalist president came out today and challenged that connection saying you can t connect young black men grow
a son he d be like trayvon. eric holder, a nation of cowards. let me defend eric holder, he also said we seem to not be able to have an adult conversation about race in this country. sean is still here. do you think he s right? that s the way it would appear right now. that we can t have an adult conversation about this. i disagree. you can debate why that is and who s shutting down the conversation. how rare is it for me to say i disagree with you with an explanation? i m not taking a position. i know. i m just saying that because we tend to go right on the line with this. we ve had an adult conversation in this country. our culture has evolved since civil rights and even with women s rights. racist are outside the norm and most americans reject any kind of behavior like that. and to get past that last hurdle it would be so great if we could hear comments like sean s and then have a real discussion about it rather than shutting people up. which is what a suspension doe
idea we run this. i m not sure we need to do it. and i said i ll do the story once station management says go ahead and do it. they said, yes, run that sound. it was exclusive sound. cops were not happy about it. not happy about it. so you were trying to add context? i was trying to add context and balance. and, yes, look there s no doubt i went off the reservation, i made a couple rogue remarks at the end. i knew what i was doing. the question i have for you is did you expect the results? because we ve seen i mean, it s not all this unusual to have even very well-known anchors go on sunday shows and offer their opinions. they do it all the time. all sorts of news anchors and reporters go on sunday talk shows and offer analysis and occasionally opinion. you did it here in a way that really was rejected. what do you think the difference is? i m not sure what the difference is. you know, i knew there would be some consequences. i knew there would be some ramifications. i th
suspension. why was it worth it to you? because it s got to stop. somebody has to have the guts to stand up and point at this and say we got to start talking about this. i know it s a touchy subject. i know it s a sensitive issue. especially for a white man to raise. well, yeah, there s that too. there s shame involved here. no one wants to be known as the man who abandons his children. it s understandable that people would want to walk past this and not really look at it. uh-huh. raising awareness of fatherless homes, right, and according to the latest stats we have 24 million children in america, one out of every three, live in biological father absent homes. 17 million children live with their mother and fathers homes at least. that s well-known, right? but what got little dicey was connecting that to disdain for the police. and the national association of black journalist president came out today and challenged that connection saying you can t connect young black men grow
a son he d be like trayvon. eric holder, a nation of cowards. let me defend eric holder, he also said we seem to not be able to have an adult conversation about race in this country. sean is still here. do you think he s right? that s the way it would appear right now. that we can t have an adult conversation about this. i disagree. you can debate why that is and who s shutting down the conversation. how rare is it for me to say i disagree with you with an explanation? i m not taking a position. i know. i m just saying that because we tend to go right on the line with this. we ve had an adult conversation in this country. our culture has evolved since civil rights and even with women s rights. racist are outside the norm and most americans reject any kind of behavior like that. and to get past that last hurdle it would be so great if we could hear comments like sean s and then have a real discussion about it rather than shutting people up. which is what a suspension doe