The media organization Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference cosponsored a forum in Los Angeles entitled, “Race, Lies and Videotape: Los Angeles and the Media.” Several media professionals participated in the forum, which focused on media coverage of racial issues and the Los Angeles riots, and the role the media should play in the rebuilding of Los Angeles following the riots earlier in the year following the acquittal of four white police officers charged with the beating of a black suspect.