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Take a Seat Mr. Martin

April 2 Media, Opinion 3 comments
Dr. Michael Fauntroy goes in on soon to be former CNN analyst Roland Martin: Let’s resist the urge to make Roland Martin out to be some wrongly aggrieved talking head. He is a marginally knowledgeable loudmouth who was m...
Glenn Beck

Even a Broke Watch…

June 12 Media 2 comments
…is right twice a day.  Glenn Beck had this to say about Obama’s appeal to black voters:   Even though Beck is right in assessing the problem of pandering politicians who expect that we should have their...

Jobs Act…. Absent From Black Media

April 10 Media no comments
So, since black media is too busy discussing Beyonce to zero in on it, I offer a few thoughts of my own. A snippet: The Jobs (Jumpstart Our Business Startups)  Act is huge, in ways both mildly positive and profoundly neg...

Sharpton & Co.

February 10 Media no comments
My thoughts on the Cornel West vs. Melissa Harris-Perris debacle, and what Rev. Al Sharpton jumping into the fray means to black intellectualism is up at Yourblackworld. As always, a taste: Listen, I’m all about substanc...

readers wanted…

November 16 Media 4 comments
Few things annoy me more than asking an acquaintance if they read the most recent column by a journalist we both enjoy, only to hear them answer “I stopped reading her after…” or whatever. Listen, if you stopped reading ...

soledad o’brien responds

October 31 Media no comments
There are always two sides to every story. Kudos to CNN’s Soledad O’brien for sharing hers: As the conversation heated up, Arrington wrote a blog post — titled “Oh sh*t, I’m a racist” ...