Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 267

Misconduct Revealed Within FBI (VIDEO)

An internal FBI report revealed employees were cited for check fraud, sexting on FBI phones and other misconduct. WATCH:

President Obama: Voting Rights Act Provision Should Be Kept

Source: AP / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says it will become harder to help people who believe their voting rights have been violated if the Supreme Court strikes down a key part of a voting rights law. The court is set to hear arguments Wednesday. It’s a challenge to a section [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin Talks With Mario Armstrong About How Social Media Has Helped ‘Scandal’ Increase Ratings

Roland Martin talks with media-wiz Mario Armstrong about the power of social media and how it has tremendously helped shows like“Scandal” increase their ratings.

Ted Nugent: ‘Destruction Of Blacks Has Been Engineered By President Obama’

Source:  Brittany Tom / theGrio Rock musician and National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent attended President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address last week, and although he did not publicly comment on anything the president said that night, the outspoken conservative did express his views in his column for WorldNet Daily. Nugent, in a column published today, claims that [...]

60 Million In Path Of Winter Storm

Source: CNN A massive winter storm spanning 20 states could dump as much as a foot and a half of snow in some places Thursday and bring life to a standstill in parts of the central United States. About 60 million people — 20% of the U.S. population — are under winter weather warnings, watches [...]

Drew Peterson Sentenced To 38 Years For Wife’s Death

Source: NBC News Former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant Drew Peterson was sentenced to 38 years in prison for the 2004 drowning death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. The ruling came just a couple hours after Judge Edward Burmila denied a motion by defense attorneys to give the former cop a new trial and essentially means Peterson, [...]

Nielsen Agrees To Expand Definition Of TV Viewing

Source: Alex Ben Block / The Hollywood Reporter The Nielsen Co. is expanding its definition of television and will introduce a comprehensive plan to capture all video viewing including broadband and Xbox and iPads, several sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The decision to expand beyond traditional TV ratings measurement came out of a meeting in New [...]

Ja Rule Leaves Upstate Prison In Gun Case, Heads Straight Into Federal Custody In Tax Case

Source: AP / New York Post Platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule left an upstate New York prison Thursday morning after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession and headed straight into federal custody in a tax case. US Marshals escorted the 36-year-old musician out of Mid-State Correctional Facility at 9:30 a.m. He was [...]

A Social-Media ‘Scandal’ Rocks ABC (In A Good Way)

Source: Bill Keveney / USA Today Viewers appear to be responding to Scandal‘s personal and political intrigue. In its first full season, it is up 6% in viewers (averaging 8.4 million) and 19% in advertiser-prized young adults over an abbreviated, seven-episode premiere last spring that featured no lower-rated reruns. Its six most-watched episodes have come in [...]

TALK BACK: Who’s To Blame For Forced Spending Cuts? (VIDEO)

Maria Cardona, Roland Martin, Amy Kremer, Rich Galen and Carol Costello discuss who is to blame for the forced spending cuts scheduled to begin March 1st.