Deggans, Eric: - 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.