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Racist Code Words or Truth Telling?
How serious was Joe Biden’s mistake in saying to a black audience in Danville, Va., last week that Republicans are “going to put y’all back in chains?” How about Touré, the writer turned MSNBC commentator, who apologized for his language after saying last week that Mitt Romney’s campaign was sending coded racial messages? “I know…
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David Simon: War on Drugs 'Monetizes' Poor
(The Root) — Is there a link between perpetually high unemployment rates in many inner-city communities and the so-called war on drugs? David Simon, creator of gritty urban TV series such as The Wire, The Corner and Homicide: Life on the Street, believes so. Speaking on a panel convened Aug. 16 in Martha’s Vineyard by…
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Journos Press for Diversity in Debates
Choices Called Out of Step With Today’s Demographics Since the Commission on Presidential Debates failed to include journalists of color in the upcoming presidential and vice presidential face-offs, Univision has called on President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to participate in a separate forum that the Spanish-language network would sponsor. The National Association…
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Can White Debate Questioners 'Represent'?
Commission Rejects Adding Latino Journalists Reacting to complaints that only white journalists were chosen to moderate this year’s presidential and vice presidential debates, the Commission on Presidential Debates said Wednesday that ” . . . we strongly believe that the four journalists we have named see their assignment as representing all Americans in their choice…
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Study Reveals Small Fraud Rate in Elections
“Despite the push for strict voter ID laws in a charged partisan and racial debate, the most exhaustive study ever of American election fraud reveals the rate is infinitesimal,” according to News21, a national investigative reporting project at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. “Since 2000, a time…
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Zakaria Suspended From Time, CNN Over Plagiarism
“I Made a Terrible Mistake,” Commentator Says “Time editor-at-large and CNN host Fareed Zakaria was suspended from both places for a month on Friday after admitting to lifting parts of a story from the New Yorker,” Jack Mirkinson and Rebecca Shapiro reported for the Huffington Post. “The Washington Post, which publishes a separate column by…
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Celebrating Black Art in Martha's Vineyard
(The Root) — The Root is a proud sponsor of this year’s Harlem Fine Arts Show, being held in the historic Oak Bluffs section of Martha’s Vineyard. Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. addressed black-art lovers at the show’s opening remarks. Of the significance of a black-focused art show premiering on the island, Gates said that…
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NBC News, TV One Join to Cover Election
Ties to Comcast Unite the Two Networks NBC News and TV One are partnering to provide joint coverage on the final nights of the Republican and Democratic conventions, as well as on election night, the two networks announced on Wednesday. “As part of the partnership, TV One will air a four-hour broadcast on the final…
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Diversity Aids Coverage of Sikh Killings
A diverse newsroom leadership team helped deepen the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s coverage of Sunday’s killings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Martin Kaiser, senior vice president and editor, told Journal-isms on Monday. Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran with white supremacist ties, opened fire before worship services in nearby Oak Creek, Wis., and killed…
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TJ Holmes: 'I'm No Arsenio or Letterman'
(The Root) — With a soothing baritone that sounds more like an R&B singer than a news anchor, it’s rather appropriate — especially for some women — that T.J. Holmes’ voice is the last thing they might hear before falling asleep. Holmes, who bolted from CNN to BET earlier this year to host Don’t Sleep…