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Mike Wallace Even Made Black History
“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…
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Nicki Minaj: More Hype Than Happening?
You would have to live under a rock not to know that Nicki Minaj’s second album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, dropped this week. You may have seen the television ads for Reloaded that proclaim Minaj to be the greatest female rapper in history. You might have heard Minaj discussing on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club,…
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Why Are There No Black US Senators?
Yes, an African American is serving as commander in chief. But looking for a black U.S. senator? Good luck with that. As CNN reports, the lack of diversity in the Senate is growing more alarming by the day. Out of 100 senators, two are Latino and two are of Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry, but…
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'Like It Is' Chronicled the Black Experience
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…
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Tablet Computers Called Newspapers' Future
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…
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Where's the Mother? Where's the Justice?
The gruesome gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in Cleveland, Texas, that made national headlines last March is back in the news again, reigniting debates about the role of sexism in sex crimes against girls and women. You may recall the case in which 18 black men between the ages of 14 and 27 were arrested…
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Trayvon, Shooter Photos in PR Battle
“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…
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Racial Gap in Attention to Trayvon Story
“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…
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Ex-Anchor Defends George Zimmerman
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…
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Crazy Talk: 'Black and Bleu' Rihanna Sandwich
The Huffington Post reports that a Georgia restaurant that was criticized this weekend for suggesting that a “Caribbean Black and Bleu” sandwich was inspired by Chris Brown’s 2009 assault against Rihanna has taken it off the menu. And it suddenly no longer thinks that domestic violence jokes about the two singers are funny. From the…