I really resent the fact that a white man ends up being the voice of reason and objectivity in this instance...

Paikin. Can't stand him or his show. He's a centrist which is just a fancy way of saying he's an articulate and friendly right winger. Here, he's wearing his unassailable, above reproach journalist mantle as he describes what he saw. In this case I'm appreciating the fact that although he isn't a lefty radical, he's literally just telling what he saw and doing it without any oppressive innuendo. I don't need his opinion about shit. I'm just glad that for once he's doing his fucking job.