MSNBC Videos Show Death in Police Custody Tasered Man Pleads, “Please Don’t Do This to Me” “Today, MSNBC aired and released an exclusive investigation of the repeated tasing and in-custody death of a Virginia man who was taken to a hospital for medical care by police, reported and led by MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari…

Columnists Call Football Team’s Threatened Strike Historic “I have lived in Columbia and been at the university for almost 18 years,” Cynthia Frisby, an associate professor in the Missouri School of Journalism, wrote in a Facebook posting reprinted Sunday in Missourian, which serves the University of Missouri-Columbia. “During this time, I have been called the n-word…

Tales of West Point Offer, Violent Past Challenged Ben Carson received a one-two punch from news media outlets on Friday, with CNN and Politico challenging parts of his biography. But as the day progressed, Politico’s big story — that the Republican presidential candidate had admitted to fabricating a scholarship offer from West Point — was…

And Now, a Case of “Sitting While White” “Bland Got Off Easy,” Columnist Writes of Tasered Man “This video aired on Fox4 last night,” editorial writer Tod Robberson wrote Tuesday for the Dallas Morning News under the headline “Walking while black, sitting while white, and questions of appropriate use of force.” “It shows a man…

Video of Saturday Morning Encounter Prompts a Debate Was the dean of a Texas journalism school on her morning walk caught  “walking while black”? Or is she drawing racial implications where none exist? Dorothy Bland, dean of the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas, believes the former and wrote a column…

Figure Nears $380K; Executive Director’s Job, 2 Others Cut The leadership of the National Association of Black Journalists told members Thursday that “NABJ’s projected 2015 deficit will be higher than the previous board reported at the 2015 convention. The projected deficit is likely going to be nearly $380,000.” On Friday night, a notice on the…

Why Are Cops in Schools, Anyway? Media Question Discipline Practices After S.C. Incident The videotaped altercation in a South Carolina high school that saw a white sheriff’s deputy throwing a black female student to a classroom floor and tossing her across it prompted the news media to expand their reporting beyond the incident itself. They…

FBI Director Ties Scrutiny, Rise in Violent Crime As news organizations revealed new data on driving and even walking while black, FBI Director James B. Comey said the additional scrutiny and criticism of police might have led to an increase in violent crime in some cities as officers have become less aggressive. Comey’s statement Friday…

Group “Raises Legitimate Issue,” President Says at Forum In contrast to Fox News commentators who this week compared the Black Lives Matter movement to Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan, President Obama said Thursday that the movement “had given voice to the anger and discontent over policing and incarceration that has long been a fact…

Latinos See Invitation as “A Big ‘[Expletive] You’ “ Latino groups are voicing outrage at NBC for asking Donald Trump to host “Saturday Night Live” on Nov. 7, saying that if he had insulted other groups as he has Mexicans, no such invitation would be extended. “What if all of the Latino cast members all…