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still_one

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6. Why did they find it so important to headline the TYT cameraman as African American?

Reply to Blue_Tires (Original post)

Mon Jun 5, 2017, 01:36 PM

Jun 2017

Was that somehow intended to give Tracey more credibility because he is African American?

The fact that both Tracey and Bayliss both are employed by the TYT is more relevant to the lack of credibility than their ethnic background

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Black Cameraman Says Maxine Waters Aint Shit While Caping for Racist Left-Wing Reporter [View all] Blue_Tires Jun 2017 OP

have you seen the footage of him squealing while being arrested? nt geek tragedy Jun 2017 #1

I had to look up 'caping' as I had never heard it before: CurtEastPoint Jun 2017 #2

There is a lot of that going on ("caping") katmondoo Jun 2017 #3

I'll say! CurtEastPoint Jun 2017 #10

He's got his head up the alt-right's ass emulatorloo Jun 2017 #4

I've seen people here claim TYT is just like NBC, RT like the BBC bettyellen Jun 2017 #9

Twitter owned his ass ismnotwasm Jun 2017 #5

Why did they find it so important to headline the TYT cameraman as African American? still_one Jun 2017 #6

He did the "my black friend agrees" thing. bettyellen Jun 2017 #8

I understand betty, but it has unecessary racial overtones, that do not contribute to the still_one Jun 2017 #11

Oh I agree. And them both laughing about the incident while trying to pretend they were seriously bettyellen Jun 2017 #12

I have to believe the late night talk show hosts or Saturday Night Live are going to jump still_one Jun 2017 #13

+1 Blue_Tires Jun 2017 #17

It appeared he had two other people on the crew he could have chosen bettyellen Jun 2017 #18

Tracey needs to hold all the L's JHan Jun 2017 #7

Cenk works for Putin, so this makes sense. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #14

Oh Really? lib87 Jun 2017 #16

he is right wing JI7 Jun 2017 #15