Archive for April 8th, 2008
Richard Cohen’s race problem
It has become obvious that Richard Cohen will not be satisfied until Barack Obama joins the Klan. Until then, the fact that some (and perhaps more than “some”) whites won’t vote for him due to his skin color will remain Obama’s own fault. Per Cohen’s column in the Washington Post, it is Obama’s [...]
Oh what tangled webs we weave when we try to make it skinny
In the wake of the scandal surrounding the LATimes’ coverage of Tupac Shakur’s death and the related Sean “Puffy” Combs’ “conspiracy,” I keep thinking about all these accusations of “unprofessional journalism” and the lack of “appropriate verification.” Is it readers’ disappointment? Self-loathing on the part of the Times? Other media outlet’s schadenfreude? Perhaps all of [...]
Talking points leadership: Zimbabwe
More than a week after Zimbabwe’s latest presidential elections, President Robert Mugabe’s administration has yet to release the results. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has appealed to the High Court, the president of neighboring democracy South Africa and the U.N. to pressure the president to make an announcement.
Word on the street seems to be that Mugabe [...]
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