Eric Deggans is TV and Media Critic for the Tampa Bay Times, Florida s largest newspaper, as well as a freelance contributor to National Public Radio, CNN.com and the Huffington Post. He is the author of Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation. He regularly appears as a pundit/expert on MSNBC s Countdown; CNN s Reliable Sources; Fox News Channel s Fox and Friends morning show and Hannity and Colmes; PBS s The NewsHour; CNN Headline News Showbiz Tonight; The Tavis Smiley Show on Black Entertainment Television; and the PBS shows Livelyhood and The Calling. His work has also appeared in a host of newspapers and magazines ranging from the conservative Newsmax magazine to the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Detroit News and Miami Herald, VIBE magazine, Hispanic magazine and Ebony magazine.
