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Joyner, Baisden Gone in NY Radio Merger
Civic-Minded Jocks Out as KISS Folds into WBLS The nation’s largest radio market lost one of its two big black-music stations on Monday, and with it the nationally syndicated, civically aware voices of Tom Joyner and Michael Baisden. Joyner said he was sad and urged New York listeners to keep in touch with his show…
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Obama Roasts White House Press
President Barack Obama rocked the mic at Saturday night’s 98th annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, D.C. Starting out with an offstage bit lampooning his hot-mic gaffe during the nuclear summit in South Korea, the president skewered recent media flaps, from the Secret Service scandal with prostitutes to lavish spending by the Government…
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'One Lonely Crusader' Sees Case Reopened
“For the next three weeks or so, Washington, D.C., will relive one of the most brutal crimes in city history: the murder of 48-year-old Catherine Fuller back in 1984,” Derek McGinty told viewers of Washington’s WUSA-TV on Monday. “But this time, the court will be deciding if the men convicted of the crime were themselves…
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Romney Wins Race for Favorable Coverage
Tone Became “Solidly Positive” After Michigan Primary “Mitt Romney needed 15 weeks once the primary contests began to gain a secure hold over his party’s nomination for president,” Tom Rosenstiel, Mark Jurkowitz and Tricia Sartor wrote Monday for the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. “But he emerged as the conclusive winner in…
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Multiracial Take on 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
The moment the curtain rises, the earthy, sensual tones of Terence Blanchard’s jazzy score fill the Broadhurst Theatre. In a place called Elysian Fields, a black man brings a package of meat home to his wife. Two neighbors, one white and one Latina, sit on a stoop, share stories and laugh. A finely dressed stranger…
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Brain-Dead Woman Gives Birth to Twins
In a story that one family member is describing as “a miracle,” a woman who suffered a brain aneurysm and was declared brain dead several weeks ago delivered twin boys by C-section this weekend. Michigan’s 24 Hour News 8 says that 26-year-old Christine Bolden was declared brain dead on March 6 after suffering a sudden…
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Unity Drops 'Journalists of Color'
The board of Unity: Journalists of Color, Inc. voted Monday to drop “Journalists of Color” from its name, saying members of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association “would not or would seriously consider not attending” its August convention “if ‘journalists of color’ remained as part of the name.” The vote was 11 to 4…
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Soledad O'Brien: 'Named After a Prison'?
Fox Chief Roger Ailes Takes Swipe at Soledad O’Brien Roger E. Ailes, chairman of Fox News, referred to anchor Soledad O’Brien of rival network CNN as “that girl that’s named after a prison” after a lecture Thursday before journalism students at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Chapel Hill, Melody Guyton Butts reported…
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Gabourey Talks Black Hair With Kelly Ripa
When Gabourey Sidibe stopped by Live! With Kelly to talk about her role on Showtime’s The Big C earlier this week, Ripa asked about the upcoming season of the show and mentioned that Sidibe’s character, Andrea, will be returning to her roots after a trip to Africa. She expressed her love for African-inspired clothing and…
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Are Most Black Kids Biased Against White Children?
In an op-ed for NewsOne, Dr. Boyce Watkins analyzes a CNN study about children’s racial attitudes and urges a deeper look. According to the study, while most black 6-year-olds had positive attitudes toward other races — more positive than white children of the same age — by age 13, most had developed a subconscious bias…