Topic: Civil Rights Movement

At the Essence Festival, Kamala Harris described herself as a "daughter of the Civil Rights Movement." Critics questioned this framing, noting that Harris spent much of her youth in Canada and does not have a family history rooted in the American Jim Crow era.

Geraldo Rivera hosted a self-celebratory special on Fox News to mark his four decades in the news business. He reflected on his career starting in 1970, covering the Vietnam War, the Kent State shootings, and his famous report on the Willowbrook State School. The hosts find the lack of a formal roast or external tribute to be pathetic.