Morgan Freeman — ‘F**k The Media’ — Freeman Speaks On Baltimore

The Baltimore riots have dominated most media outlets with wall to wall coverage. Legendary Hollywood icon Morgan Freeman had some very pointed things to say about the media’s Baltimore coverage during recent interviews, here’s what he said.

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?Look at MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN,? he told the Daily Beast’s Marlow Stern. ?Go between those three. There’s a take, there’s a take, and there’s a take. It’s just commentary. CNN wants to be pure news, but the others are just commentary. They’re just commenting on things.?

?Fuck the media,?

?He did acknowledge, however, that the coverage was better than Ferguson, because at least ?some young reporters? are listening to the complaints of the protesters ? protesters who, in an interview with Newsweek’s Zach Schonfeld, Freeman said he supported.

?I was watching the news last night and [a protester] said, ?You know, when we were out here marching peacefully, nobody was here. And now we start burning the place down, everybody is listening. What do you think we’re gonna do to be heard?’?

?She’s got a point there,? he added, noting that technology has it made it possible to document ?the terrorism [the black community] suffers from the police.?

Morgan Freeman has been an outspoken liberal advocate for many years. very recently the Oscar winning actor spoke on racism and what’s happening in Baltimore, here’s the video.