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Kalamu strikes again. Dug this quote in the profile of Nigerian novelist Helon Habila:
What upsets him even more, though, is an image of his homeland that he has found in the West. In “Waiting for an Angel,” Lomba is told by a woman at a party: “You really must try and get arrested—that’s the quickest […]
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TODAY’S WORD ON JOURNALISM–Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007
2/6/07: News from the vast wasteland:
   “I’m here to propose that we replace the bad old bargain that past FCCs struck with the media moguls with a new American Media Contract.
It goes like this. We, the American people have given broadcasters free use of […]
 found out his family is uncomfortably connected to the family of
Sharpton says he wants a DNA test. I hope he’ll want more in the days, weeks, months and years to come.Â
 ………….that New York Times article on The Minister?
Or hear today’s “News And Notes,” which was pretty much all about him?
March 3 addition: “On The Media” also chimed in, I see.
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Ah, the joys of cutting-and-pasting.Â
Seen this full paragraph in the much-referred-to Dowd column?
They [The Clintons and Geffen] fell out in 2000, when Clinton gave a pardon to Marc Rich after rebuffing Geffen’s request for one for Leonard Peltier. “Marc Rich getting pardoned? An oil-profiteer expatriate who left the country rather than pay taxes or face […]
………… “On The Media”’s recent segment on “King Leopold’s Ghost”?
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Got this from International Concerned Family & Friends……Â
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The usual CNN simplicity. I’m glad that Zahn was open enough, at least, to include voices like Roland Martin, Chuck D, Michael Eric Dyson, Tim Wise, Keith Boykin, Byron Hurt, etc.
I don’t think it’s nitpicking to say that it would have been better if the author-talking-head roster had included some bonifide hiphop feminists.
It also could have included […]
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Just got this from Akila Worksongs. Did you see it last night? It was on too late for me.
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Dear Supporters of Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes,
Thank you so much for helping to make the national broadcast of Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes such a monumental success last night. Words cannot express my deep gratitude to […]