Category : Maynard Institute archives

In Campaign Coverage, Media Don’t Always Distinguish Jay Smooth, founder of what is described as New York’s longest running hip-hop radio show, "Underground Railroad" on...

Tom Umstead, Multichannel News: Cable Remembers Mac And Hayes (Aug. 12) Many Still Haven’t Reported Hayes, Bernie Mac Deaths When two big African American celebrities...

There They Go Again: Blacks Hardly Exist as Media Retell Reagan Story (2004) Aides Still Campaigning; Media Won’t Use “R” Word It’s no surprise that...

Media Use Euphemisms in Ex-Senator’s Obituaries David S. Broder, the dean of Washington political reporters, said it in his Washington Post column when Sen. Jesse...

Candidate Leaves After Latest Remarks from Pulpit Sen. Barack Obama resigned on Friday from Trinity United Church of Christ after 20 years, in light of...

Obama, McCain Campaigns Denounce Caricature The New Yorker magazine is igniting a firestorm with a cover this week that collects, in a caricature, the right-wing...

Candidate Calls Insult to Muslim Americans Overlooked Sen. Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the New Yorker magazine cover depicting him and his wife as...

21 of 24 Network Executive Producers Are Caucasian The paucity of diversity at the top ranks of the 61 network-owned television stations, reported last week...

A Confident Democrat Supports the Concept at Unity Looking supremely confident, Sen. Barack Obama, returning from his eight-day trip to the Mideast and Europe, drew...

Updated June 14. Black Anchor Denies Using N-Word: Fired Michael Scott Goes Public: “I’m Being Trashed” “Meet the Press” Host Has Apparent Heart Attack “Tim...

Rangel Dissents From Jeremiah Wright Fixation It was a day in Sunday talk-show land where it seemed everyone was following the script, including Sen. Barack...

“White Preachers Are Given Leeway in Politics” Watch the video of Moyers’ essay Bill Moyers, whose interview last Friday of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright brought...