09.18.2009 11:05 am

What grade would you give the local media in covering race?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman asks his readers what grade they would give the media for the way we cover race relations in America? And we’re wondering what grade you’d give the local media in covering race?

In Friedman’s commentary leading up to that…

(3 votes, average: 1.67 out of 5)

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Tags: Belleville police, Belleville school beating, Belleville West High School, bus beating, Glenn Beck, Henry Gates, Jeffrey Toobin, Jimmy Carter, Joe Wilson, Jon Friedman, MarketWatch, President Barack Obama, race and media, race relations, school bus attack, Serena Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Taylor Swift

09.14.2009 11:04 am

Are some members of the media using the race card too much?

By Doug Wong

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In Sunday’s New York Times, columnist Maureen Dowd suggested that racism played a role in Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You Lie” outburst during President Barack Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress last week.

In her column, Dowd said:

Surrounded by middle-aged white…

(2 votes, average: 1 out of 5)

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Tags: Joe Wilson, Keith Olbermann, Maureen Dowd, Obama

What grade would you give the local media in covering race?

Are some members of the media using the race card too much?

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