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2 Dozen Claim Racial Discrimination at CNN, TBS
“A new court filing alleges that Turner employees faced racial discrimination that held them back in their careers and led to at least one former assistant being fired,” Ronn Blitzer reported Wednesday for lawnewz.com. “Roughly two dozen current and former employees of CNN and TBS (both owned by Turner) claim that there is a systematic…
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There Were ‘Cases of Guards Ripping Out Dreadlocks’
“The racism can be felt from the moment black inmates enter New York’s upstate prisons,” Michael Schwirtz, Michael Winerip and Robert Gebeloff reported Saturday for the New York Times. “They describe being called porch monkeys, spear chuckers and worse. There are cases of guards ripping out dreadlocks. One inmate, John Richard, reported that he was…
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An Editor Schools Us on Life as Bus Driver
It isn’t unusual for journalists to try other jobs, sometimes out of necessity, but the days of a George Plimpton — who a couple of decades ago told us about his adventures in professional sports, as a stand-up comedian, a movie bad guy and a circus performer — seem to be gone. Plimpton, who died…
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An Editor Schools Us on Life as Bus Driver
It isn’t unusual for journalists to try other jobs, sometimes out of necessity, but the days of a George Plimpton — who a couple of decades ago told us about his adventures in professional sports, as a stand-up comedian, a movie bad guy and a circus performer — seem to be gone. Plimpton, who died…
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News Anchor Wins Gamble on ‘Miracle Drug’ After Stroke
“Minutes after collapsing on live TV, Dawne Gee woke up in an ambulance paralyzed from the neck down. She was having a stroke,” Jere Downs reported Tuesday for the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky. “It was 7:43 p.m. Friday night. ‘I could look up and see the ceiling. There were lights everywhere, and they were working…
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Has US Media Coverage of Castro’s Death Been Overly Politicized?
We saw the scenes of Cuban exiles in Miami dancing in the streets Saturday at the news that Fidel Castro had died at age 90. It was not difficult to find the views of people like Tom Llamas, an ABC News reporter whose parents fled the island as political exiles. He was emotional as he…
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Nearly Half of American Voters Expect Worsened Race Relations
“Nearly half of U.S. voters (46%) expect [Donald J.] Trump’s election to lead to worse race relations, while just 25% say they will improve (26% say there will be no difference),” Shiva Maniam reported Monday for Pew Research Center. “By contrast, after [Barack] Obama’s election eight years ago, 52% of voters expected race relations to…
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2 Cleveland Reporters Fired After Seeking Tickets to Jay Z Concert at Hillary Clinton Event
“WEWS Channel 5 ‘Good Morning Cleveland’ anchor Jackie Fernandez and meteorologist Somara Theodore are no longer with the station,” Joey Morona reported Tuesday for cleveland.com. Scott Jones reported for his TV news tipsheet FTVLive Monday that the two “were fired after posting that they were standing in line to get free Jay Z tickets” for…
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TV One Implicated in Leak to Donna Brazile
Signs point to TV One, the African American-owned cable television network that partnered with CNN to present a March presidential town hall with the Democratic candidates, as the source of the leak to Democratic strategist Donna Brazile about at least one question to be asked during the town hall, two media reporters told readers on…
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New Ad Puts Racial Taboo to Bed
In 1955, Emmett Till, a black 15-year-old, was abducted and beaten to death, his body mutilated, after he allegedly whistled at a white woman. Until the U.S. Supreme Court decided the Loving v. Virginia case in 1967, it was illegal for blacks and whites to marry in Virginia and several other states. Both cases are…
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