Edward Lansing Gordon III (born August 17, 1960) is an American television journalist known for his association with BET over four different decades.

His father Ed Gordon Jr. (1908–1971) was a schoolteacher who won gold in the 1932 Summer Olympics for competing in the long jump, and his mother Jimmie (née Hunt) (1920–2015) was also a teacher.

[4] In 1986, Gordon became host of a local weekly talk show, Detroit Black Journal, which had a yearly salary of $11,000.

On the side, Gordon worked as a freelance journalist at the then-fledgling cable network Black Entertainment Television (BET).

His subjects have included President Bill Clinton, actor/director, rapper Tupac Shakur, Sidney Poitier, and singer Whitney Houston.

[8][9] At MSNBC, Gordon covered major news events of the late 1990s such as the Republican and Democratic National Conventions of 1996, the impeachment of Bill Clinton, the crash of Swissair Flight 111, and Pope John Paul II's 1998 visit to Cuba.

[17] Howard Rosenberg of the Los Angeles Times described Gordon as "polite but firm" in the interview: "Without being a bully, he held Lott's tongue to the fire...not allowing the senator to dodge, finesse or answer questions that weren't asked.

[18][19] Gordon continued to be a contributor to BET through 2004, when he interviewed Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. senator John Kerry for a Speak Now special broadcast October 8.

[24] BET announced in March 2010 that Gordon would return to the network to host "a variety of news programs and specials.