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Sharpton Appears With Martin Team, Then Interviews Them MSNBC, the cable news network that claims the highest ratings among African Americans, accorded the announcement of George Zimmerman’s arrest in the Trayvon Martin killing the greatest amount of coverage on Wednesday. That coverage included a news conference hosted by its “PoliticsNation” host, the Rev. Al Sharpton.…

Reluctance to Label Shootings Racially Motivated “Maybe it’s the Trayvon Martin case, or maybe it’s just the system working as it should, but news organizations are moving cautiously on the story of this weekend’s shootings in Tulsa, Okla., which may — may — have been racially motivated,” Andrew Beaujon reported Monday for the Poynter Institute.…

“CBS News legend Mike Wallace, the 60 Minutes’ pit-bull reporter whose probing, brazen style made his name synonymous with the tough interview – a style he practically invented for television more than half a century ago – died last night, CBS News reported on Sunday. “He was 93 and passed peacefully surrounded by family members…

Long-Running “Like It Is” Chronicled Black Experience Gil Noble, the legendary chronicler of the African diaspora in New York, the nation and the world as host of the long-running WABC-TV show “Like It is,” died Thursday. He was recovering from a stroke he suffered last year. Dave J. Davis, general manager of WABC-TV, told “Journal-isms” that Noble…

Will Devices Attract Blacks, Hispanics as Smartphones Do? The tablet computer — the most popular of which is Apple Inc.’s iPad — represents the future of the newspaper business, members of the American Society of News Editors were told on Monday. “This is the primary revenue generator in the digital generation,” said Roger Fidler, whose…

“First it was the hoodie. Now photographs used in the media’s coverage of the Trayvon Martin killing are the subject of widespread debate, as supporters of both the slain 17-year-old African-American and the shooter, George Zimmerman, say selectivity by some news outlets in which photos they use is proof of bias,” Dylan Stableford wrote Wednesday…

“For African Americans, No Other Story Comes Close” “The growing controversy over the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida was the public’s top story last week, though African Americans express far greater interest in news about the killing than do whites,” the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press reported on…

An African American former television anchor and reporter is emerging as one of the most vocal defenders of George Zimmerman, the white Hispanic neighborhood watch volunteer who killed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin and sparked a national uproar. “Speaking on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America,’ Joe Oliver said George Zimmerman is not a racist and has virtually…