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Obama Gives Historic Scoop to Robin Roberts
President Backs Same-Sex Marriage in White House Talk Robin Roberts did not really need anchor Diane Sawyer’s confirmation on ABC’s “World News With Diane Sawyer” later Wednesday, when she told viewers that Roberts’ interview with President Obama was historic. The co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” knew the magnitude of her scoop. The buzz had…
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Hate Crime Numbers Rise in US
As 2012 trudges on, so do the numbers of hate crimes and possible hate crimes committed in the United States, argues Children’s Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman in the Huffington Post. Quoting strong statistics from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Edelman urges those who witness racism and violence against people because of the color…
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Beyoncé's NYABJ Award Draws Fire
N.Y. Black Journalists to Honor Pop Star’s Essay in Essence The New York Association of Black Journalists “is going to be looking at the criteria for next year” after its announcement that pop star Beyoncé Knowles had won one of its journalism awards was greeted with surprise, criticism — and headlines, president Michael J. Feeney…
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7 FAMU Hazing Suspects Surrender
Seven of the 13 Florida A&M University band members charged yesterday for the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion turned themselves in to authorities Thursday. The suspects include Bryan Jones, 23, of Parrish, Fla., who was arrested on felony hazing charges in Hillsborough County and released after posting $15,000 bond, according to a WKMG…
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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…