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Big US Networks Ignored Epic Native Protest Over Pipeline
After all but ignoring for months a Native American demonstration that led Saturday to dogs being sicced on the demonstrators, one of the big three U.S. broadcast networks reported Thursday from the scene in North Dakota. Mark Albert’s report for the “CBS Evening News” followed virtual silence from the big three U.S. television networks.” “The…
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Watch: Meet the Designer Who Lets Your Smartphone Talk to Your Clothes
You may not have heard the name Christopher Bevans, but you have, no doubt, seen his work. From his tenure with Head Tennis and Nike to styling Jay Z and LeBron James, Bevans has his finger on the pulse of the fashion industry and its trendsetters. Today he is breaking new ground with his brand-new…
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Did Fear of Trump Prevent a Hispanic Debate Moderator?
“NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt has been chosen to moderate the first of four presidential debates, and Elaine Quijano, a CBS News correspondent, will moderate the vice presidential matchup, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced on Friday. The choices — which also include Martha Raddatz of ABC News, Anderson Cooper of CNN and Chris…
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Trump Leaves Media Scrambling With Mexico Trip
“Donald Trump went to Mexico City without his press corps on Wednesday, leaving media organizations scrambling to get reporters on the ground to cover his joint press conference with the Mexican president,” Dylan Byers reported Wednesday for CNN Money. “And then Trump took just two questions from the press. “Following a toned-down statement in which…
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Green Party VP Hopeful: Obama’s a ‘Tom’
Ajamu Baraka, the African American vice presidential candidate of the Green Party, has declared President Obama an “Uncle Tom,” and the party’s presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein told the Washington Post editorial board that she would not ask him to apologize. Her explanation of why she will not makes her view of African Americans no…
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Watch: George Clinton Says, ‘We’ve Always Been Afropunk’
George Clinton is not one to funk with. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee has spent most of his life performing. First inspired by Frankie Lymon, Clinton got his start in the 1950s. And his iconic band, Parliament Funkadelic, came to prominence nearly two decades later. At the time, Clinton created his own…
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Al Sharpton Urges Revival of Emerge Magazine
By Marlon A. Walker The Rev. Al Sharpton urged mourners paying tribute to George E. Curry Saturday to keep alive Curry’s dream of reviving online his beloved Emerge magazine and said he would write a check to help. “If ever we need a strong, independent, ethical black press, we need it now,” Sharpton said. The…
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Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton to Memorialize Journalist George Curry
George E. Curry will be memorialized this weekend by the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton at services in his native Tuscaloosa, Ala., his fiancee, Ann Ragland, told Journal-isms on Tuesday. The funeral for the champion of the black press is scheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. at Weeping Mary Baptist Church, 2701 20th St.,…
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George Curry, Black Press Champion, Dies at 69
George E. Curry, a veteran journalist who championed the black press and was reviving online his beloved Emerge magazine, died Saturday at 69, according to a message from his sister’s Facebook account. “It is with deep regret to inform everyone that my brother, George passed away earlier today,” said the message, from the account of…
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Media Turn on the Olympics’ ‘Ugly American’
“Swimmer Ryan Lochte was dubbed ‘The Ugly American’ on Friday as U.S. media turned on the once beloved Olympic champion, saying his made-up tale of being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro played into the worst stereotypes of Americans abroad,” Jill Serjeant reported Friday for Reuters. But not all in the news media were…