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Jewish Group Flies Latino Journos to Israel
Seventeen Latino journalists from the United States and Latin America returned this week from an eight-day, all-expenses-paid trip to Israel sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, which is concerned about what it considers an unacceptable level of anti-Semitism among Latinos, particularly new arrivals. Fernando DiazAmong the participants were Rick Sanchez, former CNN anchor; Henrik Rehbinder, opinion…
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Anchor Tells Viewers Staff Is 'Out of a Job'
In Tucson, Station Turns Over News Shows to Competitor Viewers of KMSB-TV in Tucson, Ariz., heard a stunning announcement from anchor Lou Raguse on Tuesday: Belo Corp., parent company of the Fox affiliate, Channel 11, had entered into a “shared services agreement” with Raycom Media, the owner of rival KOLD, Channel 13. “Raycom will produce…
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Take Politics Off the Playground
“Timmy” Kaine? Really? Up until then, the conference-call conversation had been politics as usual. It was rough, for sure, but about what you’d expect. In their preview of President Obama’s bus tour through Southern swing states, you didn’t expect Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, North Carolina GOP Chair Robin Hayes and his Virginia counterpart…
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African-American Buying Power Approaches $1.1 Trillion
News One is reporting that black buying power is expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2015, according to “The State of the African-American Consumer Report.” The report, the first of annual installments in a three-year alliance between Nielsen and the National Newspaper Publishers Association, showcases the buying and media habits and consumer trends of black…
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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…