Category : Maynard Institute archives

3 Journalists Believed to Have Died in Secret Prison An independent journalist arrested seven years ago with 10 newspaper publishers and editors is being held...

Candidate Says Founding Wasn’t Based on Ethnicity John McCain, the putative Republican nominee for president, told a gathering of news editors on Monday that the...

Black Entertainment Television has not aired its tamed-down version of NYOIL’s “Y’all Should All Get Lynched,” but its animated video, which accuses current rappers of...

2 Additional Journalists of Color Take Buyouts At least two more journalists of color, including an assistant managing editor, are leaving Newsday as Tribune Co....

Mainstream Media Downplay Hillary Clinton Comment A day after many observers declared it nearly impossible for Sen. Hillary Clinton to overtake Sen. Barack Obama to...

A compiliation by the Web site 23/6 shows cable news anchors struggling to describe Jesse Jackson’s remarks over what turned out to be a live...

Racial Progress Trumpeted After Obama’s Iowa Win The victory of Barack Obama in the Iowa Democratic caucuses Thursday night had the news media reporting for...

Indictment of Mayor an Instant Media Sensation “If there has ever been a bigger local story than the criminal charges filed against Detroit Mayor Kwame...

Bob Johnson Urges Pressure to Select Clinton as VP Barack Obama declares he has won the Democratic presidential nomination. As the world savored the historic...

Surgeons Work on Auto Journalist Frank Washington Veteran automotive journalist Frank Washington underwent six hours of reconstructive surgery on his face on Friday after being...

Announcement of Decision to Quit Called Unexpected Activist broadcast personality Tavis Smiley said on Tuesday that he had not expected Tom Joyner to announce Smiley’s...

Jock Says He Was Noting Unfairness of Arrests Radio host Don Imus opened his show Tuesday morning expressing amazement that some of his critics didn’t...