Eric Deggans

ERIC DEGGANS is TV and Media Critic for the St. Petersburg Times, Florida's largest newspaper, as well as a freelance contributor to National Public Radio, CNN.com and the Huffington Post. 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...See more

ERIC DEGGANS is TV and Media Critic for the St. Petersburg Times, Florida's largest newspaper, as well as a freelance contributor to National Public Radio, CNN.com and the Huffington Post. 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. See less