Dominic Carter, Anchor - "Inside City Hall"

By Roger Stone

David Paterson’s intemperate attack on NY-1’s Dominic Carter, the African American commentator who anchors the influential “Inside City Hall” must be addressed. I have been grilled by Carter on the air numerous times and I can tell you he gives no quarter.

Dominic Carter’s life story is a testimony to what can be done by anyone with perseverance and talent. Born in the Projects, raised by an aunt, sexually molested as a boy, Carter has overcome all of this to be one of the most listened-to journalists in New York City.

The idea of Dominic Carter as an “Uncle Tom” is absurd. Carter is tough on everyone; Black, White, Latin, Liberal, Conservative, Democrat and Republican. He pulls no punches. He asks what others won’t. He does his job.

Of course Dominic Carter has been tough on Governor Paterson. Paterson bungled a US Senate appointment, bypassing a Kennedy for Al D’Amato’s candidate, raised taxes to fill a budget gap, and appointed a lackey of Eliot Spitzer to Chair the State Commission on Ethics, only to have said lackey Michael Cherkasky perpetuate the cover-up of Eliot’s cover-up.

But racism as the motive for Carter’s tough analysis of Governor Paterson’s personal situation? Not a chance.