Bomani Jones

if he's out there and then if this goes in a bad direction i don't like i just i don't i didn't feel like dealing with that as it related to him but i do notice on a lot of these networks like i do think that i am qualified to talk about these things i think i've got the rigor but i also think it's fair for somebody to look up and be like why is this guy on television

if he's out there and then if this goes in a bad direction i don't like i just i don't i didn't feel like dealing with that as it related to him but i do notice on a lot of these networks like i do think that i am qualified to talk about these things i think i've got the rigor but i also think it's fair for somebody to look up and be like why is this guy on television

Right. And you have to show and prove. Like, this is actually an interesting Stephen A. Smith parallel. People were very upset with Stephen A. Smith about him getting Max Kellerman fired. And I respected the fact that Stephen A. owned it. But his point was, people come on every day and ask, why are you here? You weren't a journalist. You weren't a player. Why aren't you here?

Right. And you have to show and prove. Like, this is actually an interesting Stephen A. Smith parallel. People were very upset with Stephen A. Smith about him getting Max Kellerman fired. And I respected the fact that Stephen A. owned it. But his point was, people come on every day and ask, why are you here? You weren't a journalist. You weren't a player. Why aren't you here?

Right. And you have to show and prove. Like, this is actually an interesting Stephen A. Smith parallel. People were very upset with Stephen A. Smith about him getting Max Kellerman fired. And I respected the fact that Stephen A. owned it. But his point was, people come on every day and ask, why are you here? You weren't a journalist. You weren't a player. Why aren't you here?

And people took that as arrogance. And I'm like, no, sir, that is the question that all of us have to answer every single day when we are on television. Like we've got to answer it. I will admit, I watch a lot of political television and I'm not putting this on news night. I'm talking about in the macro.

And people took that as arrogance. And I'm like, no, sir, that is the question that all of us have to answer every single day when we are on television. Like we've got to answer it. I will admit, I watch a lot of political television and I'm not putting this on news night. I'm talking about in the macro.

And people took that as arrogance. And I'm like, no, sir, that is the question that all of us have to answer every single day when we are on television. Like we've got to answer it. I will admit, I watch a lot of political television and I'm not putting this on news night. I'm talking about in the macro.

I put, I watch a lot of television, even if the people have some qualification within this political world, I watch a lot of television and say, I don't understand why I'm listening to you.

I put, I watch a lot of television, even if the people have some qualification within this political world, I watch a lot of television and say, I don't understand why I'm listening to you.

I put, I watch a lot of television, even if the people have some qualification within this political world, I watch a lot of television and say, I don't understand why I'm listening to you.

I watch some of it just to get a handle of what's going on. I don't watch a lot. I want to be very clear. I don't watch a lot. I'll see clips as they float down on the Internet. It is. I mean, look, the business, the business of cable news is in a real bad place because apparently.

I watch some of it just to get a handle of what's going on. I don't watch a lot. I want to be very clear. I don't watch a lot. I'll see clips as they float down on the Internet. It is. I mean, look, the business, the business of cable news is in a real bad place because apparently.

I watch some of it just to get a handle of what's going on. I don't watch a lot. I want to be very clear. I don't watch a lot. I'll see clips as they float down on the Internet. It is. I mean, look, the business, the business of cable news is in a real bad place because apparently.

people in general outside of the fox news audience have decided they don't feel like this is a great use of their time anymore yeah which i am fascinated by how like that has happened now i think people just kind of burned out um on all of it i think they i think people have just grown exhausted like i think with all these if you think about 10 years ago like the emphasis on social causes that you saw all of these things i think people are just in survival mode at this point and interestingly enough cable news they don't feel like it's going to help them survive

people in general outside of the fox news audience have decided they don't feel like this is a great use of their time anymore yeah which i am fascinated by how like that has happened now i think people just kind of burned out um on all of it i think they i think people have just grown exhausted like i think with all these if you think about 10 years ago like the emphasis on social causes that you saw all of these things i think people are just in survival mode at this point and interestingly enough cable news they don't feel like it's going to help them survive

people in general outside of the fox news audience have decided they don't feel like this is a great use of their time anymore yeah which i am fascinated by how like that has happened now i think people just kind of burned out um on all of it i think they i think people have just grown exhausted like i think with all these if you think about 10 years ago like the emphasis on social causes that you saw all of these things i think people are just in survival mode at this point and interestingly enough cable news they don't feel like it's going to help them survive

Well, I always felt, though, that George Floyd was a moment that was really eight years in the making. It goes from Trayvon Martin to George Floyd with four years of Trump tacked on on the back end of that. And then there was this –

Well, I always felt, though, that George Floyd was a moment that was really eight years in the making. It goes from Trayvon Martin to George Floyd with four years of Trump tacked on on the back end of that. And then there was this –

Well, I always felt, though, that George Floyd was a moment that was really eight years in the making. It goes from Trayvon Martin to George Floyd with four years of Trump tacked on on the back end of that. And then there was this –