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Media Coverage of UK Riots Questioned
Hundreds Complain About Racial Remarks on BBC “The BBC has received nearly 700 complaints about the historian and broadcaster David Starkey’s claim that ‘whites have become black’ during a discussion about last week’s riots on Newsnight,” Lisa O’Carroll reported Monday for Britain’s Guardian newspaper. “Of those contacting the BBC, 696 were protesting about Starkey’s comments,…
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Who Let R. Kelly Lead a Kids' Parade?
Who let R. Kelly lead a kids’ parade? Over the weekend, the singer who famously beat child-pornography charges (and also admits that he can’t really read) served as grand marshal of Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood’s annual back-to-school parade for children. We’d love someone to explain how this wasn’t among the most misguided decisions of the year.…
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Ebony and Jet Increase Circulations
Ebony and Jet magazines reversed circulation declines in the first half of 2011, according to new figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, on the heels of a redesign of Ebony and the outsourcing of circulation duties at Ebony and Jet. Hispanic-interest titles also dominated the fastest-growing magazines, Lucia Moses reported for Adweek. “Poder Hispanic,…
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NABJ 'Happy' for Al Sharpton Opportunity
Activist Says Black Journalists Would Be Part of His Show The Rev. Al Sharpton said Tuesday that if his show on MSNBC is made permanent, black journalists will be a part of it. In a telephone call to Journal-isms, Sharpton said he understood that only a few had complained that journalists, not Sharpton, should have…
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Author Leslie Esdaile Banks Dies at 51
Leslie Esdaile Banks, the prolific author of a best-selling series of vampire novels, romance books, paranormal thrillers and works of nonfiction, died Tuesday at age 51. She had adrenal cancer. Her production totaled more than 40 books, many of which were set in Philadelphia and featured African-American characters. Banks, who wrote her vampire titles under…
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Natalie Cole on Hep C: Lose the Stigma
She’s the Grammy Award-winning daughter of legendary singer Nat King Cole, but Natalie Cole’s most recent performance wasn’t designed to honor her family’s musical legacy or advance her own career. At a benefit concert for the American Liver Foundation last week, her only aim was to raise awareness about the seldom-talked-about and poorly understood disease…
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McConnell-Reid vs. Gang of Six
The re-emergence of the Gang of Six (GO6) and the backing of President Obama [Tuesday] is a glimmer of hope that the willful insanity over the debt ceiling will give way to a credible plan that puts the United States on a credible fiscal path. It would cut $3.7 trillion in spending over 10 years,…
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VIDEO: Fox News Slams Chris Brown
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com “Now, whatever you think of his music, Chris Brown beat his girlfriend to a pulp; he uses the n-word, the c-word, the s-word, the f-word and the most degrading, misogynistic lyrics in some of his top songs like ‘Look at Me Now’; he trashed the ABC studio, yet he’s…
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Happy Anniversary for America's AIDS Strategy?
This week marks the first anniversary of the release of the White House’s National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and the Obama administration is eager to talk about how they’ve spent that time. “Our mission is for the United States to become a place where new HIV infections are rare,” Jeffrey Crowley, director of the White House Office…
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Why Does America Romanticize Slavery?
“This historic treasure, built in 1817, is a phenomenal estate that has very rich history. The historic mansion was designed by Henry Latrobe, designer of the U.S. Capitol building and the finest antebellum architecture. This historical landmark, on 70 acres, is complete with four bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths, a pool, cabana, tennis courts, chicken barns,…