[See NewsBusters for more.] While ABC and NBC only produced a news brief about a protest in favor of Colin Kaepernick, CBS This Morning on Thursday devoted an entire segment to “taking a stand” for the football player, even hyping comparisons of him to Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali. Reporter Dana Jacobson spun the rally in New York, cheering, “Social justice advocates rallied to show their support for Colin Kaepernick.” The segment featured no critical voices at all. Instead, Jacobson fawned, “The embattled quarterback was likened to civil rights heroes Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali.” She included footage of an unidentified protester praising, “We got to make sure the modern day Muhammad Ali, Colin Kaepernick, we surround and support him!”
