I headline hunt, using the mainstream news media for breaking news. So, if CNN or the NY Times or ABC, as examples, report a BNE, I go to the local news organization reporting the story. So, I can be “envious” of my students who read Spanish and French and, for the Utøya Massacre, Norwegian.
However, subscribing to GlobalVoices helps compensate for my ignorance. Norway: A Firsthand Account of the Massacre in Utøya – by Solana Larsen (more…)
The Public Discourse Deserves Better Than Steve King
Sunday, August 29th, 2010By Michael Fauntroy, Huntington Post
Professor, Author, Columnist, Commentator at MichaelFauntroy.com.
*Posted: June 14, 2010 11:01 P.M. — I have heard a number of false allegations leveled against President Barack Obama – socialist, communist, illegal immigrant, terrorist sympathizer, etc. Iowa Congressman Steve King (R-Limbaugh/Coulter/Palin) took things to a new level when he said on G. Gordon Liddy’s radio show that “the President has demonstrated that he has a default mechanism in him that breaks down the side of race – on the side that favors the black person.”
Read entire column here.
*Yes, June 14 is a long time ago but it’s been a busy summer for other matters and this writer is playing catchup.
Tags: Ann Coulter, Barak Obama, Congressman Steve King, racism, Russ Limbaugh
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