Category Archives: Journalism

Racial Violence On The Fourth Of July

On July 4, I walked through a black neighborhood south of 18th Street in 90035. I noticed firecrackers going off and several police cars in the area. Little did I know that in Watts about 700 black youths threw firecrackers … Continue reading

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America’s Race War

Black economist Thomas Sowell at the Hoover Institute writes: When I first saw a book by Colin Flaherty with the title “White Girl Bleed a Lot,” I instantly knew what it was about, even though I had not seen the … Continue reading

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White Girl Bleed a Lot: The Return of Race Riots to America by Colin Flaherty

Brett Stevens writes: We trust our newspapers, who have a profit interest in reporting things we like to read, to interpret that interest as a mandate for telling the truth as they see it. However, as we find out with … Continue reading

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Journalism Is Considered A Sacred Profession By Most Of Its Practicioners

In what other profession would writing about your sins be forbidden? But if a journalist confesses to breaking journalistic norms about three decades earlier, that is scandal. Weird. Poynter writes:  Jeff Meade’s boastful column in the Monroe, Mich., Evening News about … Continue reading

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Joshua Prager Still Claiming He Was Nominated For A Pulitzer Prize

A few years ago, I busted Joshua Prager — whose work I admire — for claiming he was a Pulitzer Prize nominee. It did no good. He still claims the honor on his site: “His work has appeared in publications … Continue reading

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