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Oscars Leaving Black Americans Blue…

In 2012, African-American, African-Americans, Arts, Communities, Entertainment, Hispanic, Los Angeles Times, Media, Newspapers, Oscars, Special Interests, Years on February 27, 2012 at 11:10 am

The Oscars are known for many odd customs and bits of superstition, but American Blacks best know the Color Purple Curse. Viola Davis was upset by the veteran Meryl Streep at the Oscars, even though Davis had won the Screen Actors Guild award days earlier.

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The Bobby Jindal Moment: Obama Drags Media Through Unbearable Civility and Reason

In 2009, Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, Boston Globe, CNN, Democrats, Fox News, GOP, Los Angeles Times, Louisiana, McClatchy Newspapers, Media, Media News & Criticism, Political Punditry, Republicans, Washington Press Corps on October 20, 2009 at 9:36 am

The Bobby Jindal Moment: Obama drags the Media through Unbearable Civility and Reason

George W. Bush was a pro-media president. You wouldn’t think so, from the way that he head-locked the press, cherry-picked crowds for public events, and limited his press conferences to near-zero for years.

He was a figure though, that media wags could sink their teeth into, sometimes literally. The functionally-illiterate speakifying style, the gaffes great and small, and the thin skin that roasted under the broiler that was Stephen Colbert at a press dinner made “W” a guy with traction. Read the rest of this entry »

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