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How Breitbart Conquered the Media
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“Political reporters were taken aback by Hillary Clinton’s charge that half of Trump’s supporters are prejudiced. Few bothered to investigate the claim itself.”
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What O. J. Simpson Means to Me
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“His great accomplishment was to be indicted for a crime and then receive the kind of treatment typically reserved for rich white guys. My reaction to O. J. Simpson’s arrest for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman was atypical. It was 1994.”
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“Clinton said half of Donald Trump’s supporters were prejudiced. If anything, her numbers are too low. This week Matt Lauer was subject to withering criticism for his ineffectual interrogation of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.”
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“By ignoring illegitimate policing, America has also failed to address the danger this illegitimacy poses to those who must do the policing. Last month, the Obama administration accused Donald Trump of undercutting American legitimacy in the eyes of the world.”
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The Mighty And Adored
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“When I took on Black Panther last year, one Wakandan institution that really interested me was the Dora Milajae—the all female troop of body-guards to the King and potential wives. My misgivings about them and their portrayal are a matter of record.”
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“Every fall Sunday, when I was a kid, half an hour before the pre-game shows and an hour before the games themselves, I would tune into the latest offering from NFL Films. This was the pre-pre-game show—an assembly of short films derived from the massive archive of professional football.”
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A Syllabus In Progress
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Bob Costas To Muhammad Ali–“Well Actually…”
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“It’s not what the wider world says about black writers that should concern them, so much as what they say about themselves. Howard French has an interesting piece in The Guardian tackling “the enduring whiteness of American media.” French’s claim is two-fold: 1.”
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