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Nolte: The Disgraceful Early Coverage of Will Smith’s Assault on Chris Rock

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Because we are plagued with a left-wing media and entertainment culture guided by politics instead of moral principle, days passed before these moral illiterates …
Because we are plagued with a left-wing media and entertainment culture guided by politics instead of moral principle, days passed before these moral illiterates figured out that Will Smith’s unprovoked assault on Chris Rock during Sunday night’s basement-rated Oscar telecast was indefensible. What do we do? How do we cover this? What’s the correct way to think about it? Black women’s hair! Chivalry! Jokes are violence! Will Smith is a bigger Hollywood player than Chris Rock! Two black men! Trump! White Supremacy! My personal favorite was CNN’s toxic, moral midget Jemele Hill bringing child-porn enabler Ketanji Brown Jackson into it. As far as the early coverage, it was all angled to mitigate Smith’s assault… To have it both ways… Headlines and write-ups like these… Deadline: “Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock In The Face On Oscars Stage After Jab At Wife Jada Pinkett’s Appearance” Chris Rock got more than he may have bargained for as a presenter at the 94th Academy Awards. While presenting the award for Best Documentary Feature, which ultimately went to Questlove’s Summer of Soul, he made a joke at the expense of Will Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, leading to an on-stage altercation that was not scripted and drew gasps from the room, according to sources. THR: “Will Smith Holds Court at Vanity Fair Party After Chris Rock Slap: ‘It’s Been a Beautiful Night’” Oscar winner Will Smith took a victory lap at the Vanity Fair Oscar party after Sunday’s awards ceremony, dancing to his own hits as wife Jada Pinkett Smith cheered him on and telling The Hollywood Reporter: “It’s been a beautiful night.

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