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George Lucas Film Pays Homage to Black Fliers
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II has an odd place in history. The achievements of the first-ever group of African-American aviators in the United States military have been well-documented in books and in various World War II films. But as much as has been told about the members of the 332nd…
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VIDEO: Herman Cain Broke Out in Song After Press Conference
The Washington Post is reporting that embattled GOP presidential front-runner Herman Cain broke out into song at the National Press Club on Monday. The Reliable Source reports: Too bad about Herman Cain’s recent troubles — otherwise this would be a watershed moment for a nation of Gleeks. C-SPAN viewers may have been stunned when the…
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Rihanna Hospitalized in Sweden
Rihanna hospitalized in Sweden: Sources say she wasn’t feeling well, and her show in Malmo, Sweden, was canceled by order of a doctor who said she “was not capable of carrying out the concert.” As of now, organizers are trying to find a new date for the show, Uptown magazine reports. Obama gets a clean bill of…
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Sulaimon Brown: Committee Finds Job Claim Questionable
Nikita Stewart of the Washington Post is reporting that a congressional committee has concluded that Sulaimon Brown appeared to receive money from people with ties to a campaign aide of Mayor Vincent C. Gray, but there is no direct evidence that he was promised a city job in return for disparaging then-Mayor Adrian M. Fenty…
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Oakland Tribune Name to Live On
“The Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times and several other East Bay newspapers will retain their own mastheads, and the Tribune will open two new community media laboratories in Oakland, executives of the papers’ parent company announced Thursday,” George Avalos reported for the Tribune. Martin G. Reynolds, editor of the Tribune, told Journal-isms on Friday that…
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Give Me Some Relevance on TV
One night recently I watched an episode of Good Times. The plot dealt with the 11-year-old militant yet cherubic character, Michael, being suspended from school for telling his teacher that George Washington was a racist slave owner. As his mother chastises him, he protests, “Mama, ‘boy’ is a white racist word.” The rest of the…
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Survey Links 'Occupy' Coverage and Support
60 Percent of Those Who Follow News of Protests Favor Them The news media were initially accused of ignoring the Occupy Wall Street protests that have since spread across the country, and a new survey from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Washington Post finds a link between coverage…
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Michele Norris Taking Break as NPR Co-Host
Husband Takes Top Job With Obama Re-Election Campaign Michele Norris, co-host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” is taking a leave from the hosting job until after the 2012 elections because her husband, Broderick Johnson, has “has just accepted a senior advisor position with the Obama Campaign,” Norris told NPR staff members on Monday. “I will…
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Rep. Clyburn: Obama Will Win Re-Election
Rep. James Clyburn has seen a lot change in his 71 years — in his native South Carolina and the country. The son of “an activist fundamentalist minister and an independent civic-minded beautician,” as he describes them in his official bio, is the assistant Democratic leader in the 112th Congress and No. 3 Democrat in…
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Bryant Gumbel Stands With NBA Millionaires
Bryant Gumbel Says NBA Commissioner Treats Players Like Slaves On his recent HBO’s Real Sports broadcast, Bryant Gumbel said that NBA Commissioner David Stern, who has been going one-on-one with the NBA Players Association over a new collective bargaining agreement for months, continually used tactics that were demeaning to the athletes. “[Stern] has always seemed…