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A Chicago Media BlackOut

Zack Isaacs | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Maynard Institute, Boycott, Nabj, Wbbm-Tv, Convention, Bob Butler, Lenny Mcallister, Race Relations, Chicago News
Zack Isaacs

For the past week, the national media has been buzzing about two black males in Chicago having their words taken out of context. Both incidents involve the highly sensitive issue of race but in very different ways.

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WATCH: TV Station Distorts 4-Year-Old's Interview, Racist Or Unethical?

Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: WBBM Editing, Maynard Institute, WBBM Four-Year-Old, Chicago, WBBM Distortions, Wbbm, Illinois, Steve Bartelstein, Bv-Video, WBBM Out of Context, Video, Chicago News

WBBM-TV, the CBS affiliate in Chicago, has come under fire in recent days for broadcasting an interview with a four-year-old boy, and deliberately tak...

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Hours Before Rally to Restore Sanity: A Moment Less Than Sane

Dori J. Maynard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maynard Institute, Racial Justice, Rally to Restore Sanity, Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, Washington DC, Hampton Inn, Race, Racial Discrimination, Post-Racial, Media News
Dori J. Maynard

A few hours before the rally, the general manager of a Hampton Inn kicked me out of his hotel. Walking into a hotel for a business meeting is such a common occurrence it never dawned on me to be on guard.

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A Docudrama Illuminates the Battle Between National Security and the People's Right to Know

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikileaks, Maynard Institute, LeRoy Aarons, Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, Neil Sheehan, Hugo Black, Daniel Ellsberg, NY Theatre Workshop, The PentagonPapers, Carl Bernstein, Vietnam War, Kerner Report, David Wise, New York Times, Docudramas, Washington Post, Entertainment News, Robert Shrum Gregg Pierotti, Geoffrey Cowan, Katherine Graham, Robert McNamara, Entertainment News
Marcia G. Yerman

The play Top Secret centers on whether Katherine Graham will give approval to print the Pentagon Papers. For those unfamiliar with the history, it opens a door to understanding concerns of utmost relevance today.

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It's Time for the Media to Integrate the Race Beat

Dori J. Maynard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Obama, Newspapers, Teabaggers, Ethnicity, Newsrooms, Ebony Magazine, Media, Race, Post-Racial, Barack Obama, Racial Politics, Mainstream Media, Politics, Maynard Institute, Dori Maynard, Media Criticism, Racism, Media News, Race Beat, Tea Party, Media News
Dori J. Maynard

Whatever the initial rationale behind "mainstream media" leaving white people out of the race beat, recent events argue that it's time to reexamine that decision.

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