Bob McCarty Writes

Breaking News: I’ll be appearing on the Bob Grant Internet Radio/TV Show this morning at 10:15 a.m. EST/9:15 a.m. Central.  Today’s topic of discussion:  News that President Barack Obama was named the 2009 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
If you’re not familiar with Bob Grant, you should check out the bio of the talk [...]

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Earlier this evening, I published a post by Terresa Monroe-Hamilton of Noisy Room fame about an incident involving Michael Lacey (above), executive editor of Village Voice, and his recent use of the “N” word during a Society of Professional Journalists awards banquet in Phoenix.
In researching the incident further, I learned that none of the “big [...]

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By Terresa Monroe-Hamilton, Guest Blogger
Wow, just simply wow… The arrogance, bigotry and vileness of this so-called journalist is staggering. And not a peep of this anywhere in the press no less. Gee, I wonder why the silence from the “old media.”
After my comments, you will see a copy of an email sent to me by [...]

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This afternoon, I stumbled upon Katie Couric’s weblog, Couric & Co., and one of her recent posts, 10 Questions: About Imus, Civil Rights & Katrina.
The post features the struggling CBS Evening News anchor’s interview of the head of “the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights group” whose focus is reported as “helping African-Americans enter the [...]

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In his blog at The Politico.com, Ben Smith offers a a 23-minute audio clip (mp3) of remarks made by Sen. Barack Obama’s before a crowd in Milwaukee Monday night.
Obama “pushes the envelope”, so to speak, by entering into a discussion of violence in American life toward the end of the speech before eventually blaming violence [...]

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