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WE HAVE AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION HERE TODAY. THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET HERE EARLY, WORK LED USC DID. THOSE WHO ARE STILL WRESTLING...
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THIS POINT, NEWSSTANDS FOR ACCURACY AND A NEW PARADIGM AS INFORMATION COMES TO US FROM ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. WE HAVE A DISTINGUISHED PANEL TODAY,...
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ST. PETERSBURG TIMES", PRESIDENT OF THE CAMPUS CHAPTER, AND SHARE OF THE MEDIA MONITOR COMMITTEE. [APPLAUSE] >> ON THE HARDEST WORKING PRIEST. [LAUGHTER]...
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MIKE FLEGPFLEGER, SINCE ABYDOS CHURCH. >> AND THE HARDEST WORKING HOST. >>
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IT'S ON NOW. >> AND THE HARDEST WORKING HOST WITH SHORT HAIR. I'M MICHELLE MARTIN, HOST OF A SHOW ON NPR. [APPLAUSE] >>
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| 00:01:57 |
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I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE WORKING. [LAUGHTER] , BUT YOU'RE REPRESENTING "THE
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| 00:02:04 |
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RITZ -- I'M UP HERE REPRESENTING "THE
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ROOT." >> FOR THOSE OF YOU LOOKING AT YOUR PROGRAM WONDERING WHERE IS
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SUZANNE, I'M NOT HURT. PUT YOUR SEAT BELTS ON, BECAUSE I THINK WE WILL HAVE SOME FUN TODAY. THE REV. JEREMIAH
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| 00:02:35 |
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WRIGHT AND THE SIX BLACK TEENAGERS PROSECUTED IN JENA, LOUISIANA ARE POWERFUL EVIDENCE THAT THE DIGITAL AGE CAN MAGNIFY OR ALTOGETHER TRANSFORM AN OBSCURE...
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| 00:04:05 |
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OUT HAS CHANGED A GREAT DEAL, BUT IN TERMS OF FUNCTION, I DO NOT THINK IT HAS CHANGED. THE JENA 6 WAS OUR FIRST CASE STUDY. WE FIRST HEARD ABOUT FROM...
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ARE IN THAT MOMENT, WHAT YOU REALIZE WAS GOING ON IN TERMS OF THIS SORT OF NEW PARADIGM, IT IS A NEW PARADIGM. >> THE REASON I TIE IT TO HER IS BECAUSE...
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| 00:07:09 |
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THE BLOGOSPHERE, IS VERY OFTEN THE FACTS GET MUDDY. WHEN YOU HAVE A MEGAPHONE, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IT SAID, AND THE ACTUAL MESSAGE GETS MUDDIED TO...
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| 00:07:26 |
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JENA. I WAS CERTAIN THAT THERE WAS A WRONG THAT HAD BEEN DONE, BUT I WAS NOT CERTAIN IF STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF SCHOOL, PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE...
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| 00:08:27 |
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ALWAYS -- FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT -- HAVE COME TO FOR INFORMATION ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. FIRST. BEFORE THERE WAS THE INTERNET, BEFORE THERE WAS...
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| 00:10:27 |
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GIVEN NEW VOICE TO MANY MORE PEOPLE. I'M WONDERING HOW THAT HAS CHANGED THINGS FOR YOU AND WHAT WE LEARN FROM THIS CASE NOW THAT THERE IS A FULLER CHORUS...
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| 00:11:07 |
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THE FACT IS IT IS REVEREND AL SHARPTON HAS THE FACTS FIRST. THAT IS WHY HE IS THERE. THAT IS WHY HE IS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA. WE HAVE REVEREND AL SHARPTON...
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| 00:12:52 |
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THAT MIGHT LOOK SOMETHING LIKE JENA AND ASK IT IS GOING TO DRAW THE OLD, MIDDLE-AGED WHITE GUYS THAT ARE WATCHING PRIME-TIME CABLE NEWS -- ARE THEY GOING...
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| 00:13:48 |
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IS THAT WHAT YOU HEAR FROM YOUR PARISHIONERS? >> I CERTAINLY LEARNED THE POWER OF YOUTUBE. [LAUGHTER] IN THE POWER OF WHITE PEOPLE THAT WATCH IT. BUT...
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| 00:14:13 |
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CONCERN, THOUGH, TODAY -- AND IT IS NOT JUST WITH THE BLOGOSPHERE, BUT IT IS ALSO WITH MAJOR NEWS NETWORKS, IS THAT THERE SEEM TO BE NO LONGER GUIDELINES...
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| 00:15:58 |
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WHEN SOMETHING COMES TO A NEWS ORGANIZATION VIA YOUTUBE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO POSE TO YOU WHO BROADCAST FOR THE POST VIDEO, HOW DO YOU...
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| 00:16:43 |
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LONGER CLIPS AND SEE THE FULL CONTEXT OF WHAT HE WAS SAYING. I TOOK THAT CLIP, AND I PUT IT ON MY BLOG AND TALKED ABOUT IT ON CNN. I SAID HE WAS A MUCH...
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| 00:17:43 |
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TO COVER BECAUSE YOU COULD GO AND LOOK AT THE CONTEXT AND SEE THE STATEMENTS IN THEIR ENTIRETY, BASED ON WHAT YOU SAW IN THE FULL MARKET PLACE, HOW...
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| 00:18:17 |
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OF VIDEO. THERE WAS EVEN A SHOCK JOCK IN MY MARKET WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW REVEREND WRIGHT HAD BEEN UNFAIRLY PORTRAYED IN THE STORIES. IT TOOK A...
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| 00:19:28 |
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IS THAT THE INITIAL IMPRESSIONS ARE OUT THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE OBSERVED IS WHEN YOU SEE TO COUNTERACT THEM WITH FURTHER CONTEXT, YOU ARE THEN...
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| 00:19:43 |
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TO TELLING FULL STORIES, WHEN YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS BEING TAKEN OUT OF ITS RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL CONTEXT, WHICH YOU KNOW VERY WELL, IT IS VERY...
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ON PEOPLE. AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH JEREMIAH WRIGHT. >> THAT IS CALLED ORGANIZING. >>
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| 00:22:39 |
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YES, IT IS CALLED ORGANIZING, BUT THESE PEOPLE START OFF IN THEIR OWN LITTLE CAMPS AND BUILD A CONSENSUS. IT IS A LOOSE ORGANIZATION. IT IS NOT ANYTHING...
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| 00:22:57 |
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VIEWS. THAT IS THE DOUBLE-EDGED OF THE BLOGOSPHERE.
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| 00:23:01 |
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WHEN IT IS GOOD, IT IS VERY GOOD, AND YOU CAN ACTIVATE PEOPLE WHEN THE FACTS ARE RIGHT, BUT WHEN THE FACTS ARE WRONG, THE SPEED DOES NOT SLOW DOWN, AND...
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| 00:23:41 |
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YOU LIKE "THE HUFFINGTON POST" OR WANT TO READ MY BLOG, YOU KNOW WHERE WE STAND OVER A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THERE IS NO GATEKEEPERS, WHICH IS THE GOOD AND...
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| 00:24:30 |
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GIVEN THE CONSOLIDATION IN THE MEDIA, GIVEN THE FACT THAT SOME DEEJAYS DO NOT EVEN GET TO PICK WHAT MUSIC THEY PLAY, THE IDEA THAT THEY ARE PLAYING A...
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| 00:26:34 |
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CLIP BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WHEN YOU WANTED TO KNOW -- WHEN OUR
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| 00:26:39 |
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AUDIENCE WANTED TO KNOW, NOT THE MEDIA -- THE MEDIA KNOWS TO GO TO YOUTUBE AND GET THE WHOLE CLIP. BUT OUR PEOPLE WILL COME TO US WHEN THEY WANT TO...
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| 00:27:36 |
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FOR THOSE CLIPS WAS NOT AFRICAN AMERICAN. >> THE EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE LISTENING TO YOU, TOM, TRUST YOU AND THEY KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO HEAR SOME INTEGRITY...
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| 00:28:01 |
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I'M AMAZED THAT SHAWN HASN'TTY, WHO HAS -- I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS ANY JOURNALISTIC BACKGROUND IS SHAPING MEDIA DIRECTION IN THIS COUNTRY. HOW THE HELL...
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| 00:29:02 |
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EVENTS. AND SO I BEG YOUR PARDON, FATHER. CAN YOU SAY HELL? [LAUGHTER] CAN YOU JUST GET OUT OF TROUBLE? [LAUGHTER] >> I KNOW I'M GOING TO BE FORGIVEN....
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| 00:29:42 |
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GOTTEN IN TROUBLE HAS COME FROM CHICAGO. [LAUGHTER]
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| 00:29:46 |
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JESSIE, YOU, JEREMIAH WRIGHT, RECENTLY BERNIE MACK. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE A RULE THAT Y'ALL CAN'T SAY NOTHING TILL JANUARY, TILL THIS THING IS...
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| 00:30:28 |
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MEDIA, HANNITY, TO DO ANYTHING BUT WHAT THEY DO.
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| 00:30:31 |
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THEY ARE IN BUSINESS TO SERVE MAINSTREAM AMERICA. MAINSTREAM AMERICA IS NOT BLACK AMERICA. I GOT BLACK AMERICA. AND THAT'S WHAT I DO. >> WHAT I WOULD...
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| 00:31:06 |
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ARE GOING TO BE EFFECTED BY LAWS PASSED BY NONBLACK PEOPLE. THEY ARE GOING TO BE EFFECTED BY POLITICIANS WHO AREN'T BLACK, BY COPS WHO AREN'T BLACK....
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| 00:31:57 |
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WE WANT TO BE UNDERSTOOD, TELL THE STORIES THAT NEED TO BE TOLD TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO HEAR THEM. WE WANT TO TELL THEM TO OURSELVES, BUT ALSO TO...
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| 00:33:11 |
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LISTENERS THAT IF YOU HAVE JESSIE AND AL ON, YOU HAVE EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A RIGHT. FOR ME THAT'S PROBLEMATIC. [APPLAUSE] ALSO YOU'RE TRYING...
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| 00:34:07 |
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ALWAYS PROBLEMATIC. ROSE SA PARKS WAS ONE OF A KIND,
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| 00:34:13 |
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A PERSON KIND OF SELECTED FOR THIS ROLE IN PART BECAUSE OF HER BACKGROUND. BECAUSE SHE WAS MEDIA FRIENDLY. THAT WAS CLASSIC ORGANIZING WHERE YOU PICK...
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| 00:34:27 |
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PICK YOUR VICTIM. AND A LOT OF THE CASES ARE IMPERFECT THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS NOT THAT THESE ARE ANGELS. THE ISSUE IS THAT BEHAVING IN THE...
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| 00:35:12 |
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OURSELVES. WE SAY WE'RE NOT A MONOLITH BUT IF JESSIE SAYS JUMP WE ALL ASK HOW HIGH THAT'S A PROBLEM. >> I WOULD SAY REAL QUICK -- I WOULD SAY REAL...
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| 00:35:43 |
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BUT WHAT WE ALSO FIND IS THAT
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THE MEDIA WILL ONLY LISTEN TO AL
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| 00:35:47 |
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AND JESSIE. THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE, BLACK FOLKS OUT THERE,
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| 00:35:51 |
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WHO CAN'T GET THE
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| 00:35:53 |
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MAINSTREAM MEDIA'S ATTENTION BECAUSE NOBODY WILL PAY ATTENTION TO THEM UNTIL JESSIE OR AL AL TAKES UP THEIR CASE. ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT THE...
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| 00:36:45 |
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TOOL THAT IS FRIEND OR FOE. BECAUSE THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN YOUTUBE CAPTURES PEOPLE DOING OR SAYING THINGS THEY WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE PEOPLE HEAR OR...
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| 00:38:11 |
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NOT ONE PARTICULAR GROUP BUT ANOTHER PARTICULAR GROUP. YOUR SANCTUARY IS NOT SAFE ANYMORE. I HAVE PEOPLE IN MY CONGREGATION EVERY SUNDAY NOW WHO COME...
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| 00:38:46 |
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UNIT. THAT'S HOW INVASIVE IT
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| 00:38:49 |
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IS. I REALIZE IN A DAY NOW THAT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. MY MOST FRIGHTENING THING IS THIS. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE AT LEAST IN THE CHURCH TO SPEAK...
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| 00:40:29 |
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RANGE OF WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. IT PUTS YOU OUT THERE IN THE MEDIA WITH YOUR MESSAGE IN A WAY THAT'S ACCURATE AND FULL AND DOESN'T ALLOW THE...
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| 00:41:39 |
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TEXT OF NOT REALLY CONFLICT OR DIVISION BUT DIFFERENT FOCUSES. BECAUSE
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| 00:41:44 |
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WHAT I'M HEARING IS THERE'S A FOCUS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR AND THEN THERE'S THE FOCUS OF SOME OF THING BLOGGERS WHO PEOPLE LIKE MY PARENTS THINK...
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| 00:42:53 |
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SO 50,000 OR 60,000 PEOPLE FOUND THEIR WAY TO A LITTLE
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| 00:42:58 |
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TOWN IN LOUISIANA THEY COULDN'T PRONOUNCE. THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT. WITH ONE ROAD IN, ONE ROAD OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. NOT A WEEKEND....
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| 00:43:49 |
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WEAR BLACK THAT DAY? >> I THINK TOM IS RIGHT ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, THERE IS A CONVERGENCE. I KNOW...
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| 00:44:11 |
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THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEOPLE ON THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA SIDE AND THE TOMco JOYNER SIDE. TOM CAN DO THINGS I CAN'T DO. I CAN'T RENT BUSES. I...
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| 00:44:48 |
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HAD THIS CONVERSATIONEN ON THE SHOW. WE HAVE IT ABOUT ONCE A MONTH ABOUT THE REVEREND AL
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AND JESSIE THING. I THINK PEOPLE FORGET PEOPLE CALL THEM. IT ISN'T JUST THAT THEY PARACHUTE IN. THEY CALL THEM BECAUSE THEY WANT THEM TO BRING...
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| 00:45:36 |
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SMALL DEMOGRAPHIC. >> I WANT TO SAY QUICKLY YOU CAN LOOK AT
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| 00:45:40 |
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MEDIA PLATFORMS AND SEE THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS THAT CONGREGATE AROUND THEM. ONE REASON WHY IF YOU LOOK AT CABLE NEWS AND SEE THE ANCHORS ARE...
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| 00:45:58 |
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WITH FILMS. YOU KNOW, THE MICHAEL MOORES OF THE WORLD. CONSERVATIVES DOMINATE TALK RADIO, CABLE NEWS AND PRIMETIME IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THAT'S A ...
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| 00:47:01 |
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YOUR QUESTIONS BRIEF BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY OF YOU. >> I'LL BE BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. I'M A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE NABJ AND ALSO A JOURNALIST PROFFESSOR. ...
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| 00:47:21 |
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WHITE PEOPLE. THE MAIN REASON WAS BECAUSE
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| 00:47:24 |
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WHITE AMERICA PROCESSES BLACK MILITANT SI AS ANTI-WHITE RACISM. THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH JER MY YEAH. ANY BLACK MILITANT WHO GIVES A RACIALIZED...
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| 00:48:32 |
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ENTITLEMENT. IT WASN'T ABOUT THAT LADY. [LAUGHTER] IT WAS ABOUT ME HATING WHITE PEOPLE AND BEING A TRAITOR TO MY RACE. SO I AGREE WITH YOU 100%, SIR....
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| 00:49:06 |
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WERE DOING WHEN YOU WERE CAUGHT ON TELEVISION. THAT'S WHAT JEREMIAH WRIGHT WAS DOING. IF THEY GO TO PASTOR HANES CHURCH THEY GET THE SAME COMMENTS THAT...
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| 00:50:07 |
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ABLE TO GET TOGETHER,
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| 00:50:09 |
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DECIDE WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. WE SENT A LETTER, RAISED MONEY, STUFF LIKE THAT. MY QUESTION WAS, THOUGH, COTTON WAS IN JAIL FOR OVER A YEAR BEFORE SHE...
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| 00:51:05 |
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IS NO OBJECTIVE STANDARD ABOUT WHEN SOMETHING LOCAL BECOMES
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| 00:51:10 |
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A BIGGER STORY. SOME HAS TO DO WITH THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED THAT THEY CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, THAT THEY HAVE A VEHICLE TO SEEK...
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| 00:51:24 |
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HELPFUL.
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| 00:51:26 |
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HOWARD WITT DID AN INTERESTING REPORT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BROUGHT THE STORY TO THE NATIONAL ATTENTION WAS THE CON TRAST BETWEEN THE WAY THE WHITE...
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| 00:53:07 |
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PERSON. IT'S, OH, WE MISSED IT THE FIRST TIME. HERE'S THE WHITE PERSON WHO GOT THAT. IT CAME OUT BECAUSE THERE WAS A WHITE GIRL WHO WAS NOT DISCIPLINED...
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| 00:53:45 |
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ALL OF US
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| 00:53:46 |
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WERE DOING STORIES ABOUT HOW SHE DIDN'T GET ANY ATTENTION. SHE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN ATTENTION WHEN SHE WENT MISSING THE FIRST TIME. THAT IS A PROBLEM....
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| 00:54:35 |
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THE
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| 00:54:36 |
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MAINSTREAM JOURNALISTS CAN HELP INFUSE CHARACTER INTO OUR NATION OR THE TEACHING OF CHARACTER. WE THINK ABOUT THE GIRLS DOWN IN FLORIDA, NINE OF THEM,...
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| 00:55:27 |
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FOR WRITING ABOUT KIDS BEHAVING BADLY. BUT GUESS WHAT? AS MUCH AS WE SAY IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RISE A KID, THE
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| 00:55:37 |
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VILLAGE GOT TO START WITH
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| 00:55:39 |
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THE MOM
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| 00:55:40 |
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AND DAD. TO THE EXTENT MEDIA HAS AN
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| 00:55:44 |
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IMPACT ON KIDS, I DON'T KNOW ANY OF US HAS THAT POWER TO BESTOW. I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF MINE. THAT'S THE BEST I CAN DO. STRAIGHT UP. >> BUT YOU KNOW,...
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| 00:56:15 |
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PARENTLY DYSFUNCTIONAL. SO WHEN I SEE PEOPLE FROM A MAJORITY DEMOGRAPHIC AND THEIR PARENTING ISSUES ARE DEEMED PARENTING ISSUES AS TO OURS ARE PATHOLOGIES....
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| 00:58:16 |
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BE DONE OR WHAT DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO DO TO KEEP -- WHEN A SPECIFIC INSTANCE HAPPENS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, TO KEEP MEDIA OR KEEP MUCH OF AMERICA...
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| 00:58:33 |
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LOT OF TIMES WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE WHITE COMMUNITY WE SEE THAT AS AN ISOLATED SITUATION. DOESN'T MEAN ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE THAT WAY, BUT WHEN...
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| 00:59:12 |
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ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT. I FACE IT ALL THE TIME ON MY BLOG. WHENEVER I POST SOMETHING THAT'S ABOUT RACE, NUMBER ONE, I GET ACCUSED OF BEING...
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| 00:59:24 |
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NOT ALL BLACK PEOPLE ARE LIKE POOKKI WHO KNOCKED OVER -- >> WHO WAS THAT? >>
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| 00:59:31 |
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POOKKI WHO KNOCKED OVER THE GAS STATION. I'M NOT QUITE SURE. I THINK -- YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE I HAVE HAD TO FACE THIS SO MUCH BUT I THINK THAT'S...
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| 00:59:50 |
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YET AGAIN THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN
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| 00:59:53 |
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ONE TYPE OF BLACK FOLKS AND WE HAVE TO KEEP EXPLAINING IT UNTIL CERTAIN PEOPLE GET IT. >> TO THE EXTENT I EXPLAIN THAT STUFF. WHAT EXPLAIN IS SAY CLEARLY,...
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| 01:00:20 |
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JIMMI THINKS. >> SO I GUESS THAT WOULD MAKE ME YOUR NEGRO TOUR GUIDE. [LAUGHTER] >> HELLO. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DISCUSSION. I'M A MEDIA...
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| 01:00:43 |
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ON NPR. WE HAVE HEARD THOUGHTS DISCUSSIONS ON THE POWER OF MEDIA. WE HAVE
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| 01:00:52 |
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HEARD ALL DIFFERENT OPINIONS. DO YOU THINK IT IS TIME TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE MEDIA WORK TOGETHER RATHER THAN TRYING TO SAY THIS IS UNRESPONSIBLE FOR...
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| 01:01:34 |
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WORLD. YOU NOTE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T FAIR WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE USED TO GIVING THEIR OPINION AND THE FACTS AREN'T AS INTERESTING SO WE ARE WORKING...
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| 01:02:15 |
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IS BECAUSE SOME BLOGS YOU SEE THE FACTS, COMMENTARY AND FACTS AGAIN. THEY
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| 01:02:21 |
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ARE INTERTWINED. BECAUSE SOME READERS, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. THAT'S MY QUESTION. >> YOU TAKE THAT FIRST. >> MY PERSONAL...
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| 01:02:50 |
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ROOT, I DO MUCH THE SAME THING.
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| 01:02:53 |
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IT'S JUST I'M NOT ALLOWED TO CURSE. SO IT'S -- SO FOR ME, YEAH, I THINK I'S GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE WHAT THEY READ....
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| 01:03:40 |
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ONLY RULES THAT EXIST ARE RULES THAT
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| 01:03:43 |
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A SPECIFIC BLOG DECIDES TO ADOPT SO WHAT YOU
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| 01:03:46 |
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HAVE TO DO -- THIS IS
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| 01:03:48 |
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A WILD WEST AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS BE MEDIA SAVVY YOURSELF. YOU CAN'T JUST GO
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| 01:03:54 |
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TO ONE BLOG OR TWO BLOGS AND READ THEM AND ASSUME YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO TAKE SOME TIME, GET OUT THERE....
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| 01:04:34 |
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BLOG. DO
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| 01:04:35 |
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BLOGGERS NEED TO POST MISSION
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| 01:04:37 |
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STATEMENTS? DO THEY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PROCESS OR HOW THEY DO WHAT THEY DO. >> IT MIGHT HELP BUT THE REASON YOU KNOW NPR IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE...
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| 01:05:04 |
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KNOW IS READ IT.Ni >> THERE ARE FEWER RULES IN JOURNALISM THAN PEOPLE THINK THERE ARE. IN AMERICA YOU ARE
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| 01:05:17 |
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A JOURNALIST BECAUSE YOU
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| 01:05:19 |
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SAY YOU ARE. YOU CAN'T GET ARRESTED FOR IMPERSONATING A JOURNALIST. I'M SURE SOME OF US HAVE A LIST. >> SOMETIMES YOU GET PAID. >> WE ALL NEED TO
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| 01:05:33 |
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BE MEDIA SAVVY WHETHER THERE WAS A BLOG SPHERE OR NOT. THERE ARE ARE MARKET STANDARDS, SOME PEOPLE CAN GET SUED. THE REALITY IS THAT WHO'S GOING TO...
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| 01:05:50 |
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GOING TO TAKE UP HER CAUSE? IT IS
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| 01:05:53 |
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SHAME, WHICH IS SHAME, DIMINISHING CURRENCY. THERE'S SHAME, THE RESPECT OF YOUR PEERS, THE DESIRE TO BE OF SERVICE. THERE'S PUBLIC SERVICE. AT THE END...
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| 01:06:31 |
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NOT SURPRISED. THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO IT OR REPULSED BY IT. BUT EITHER WAY THEY HAVE AN EMOTION ABOUT IT. THAT'S HOW YOU BUILD READERSHIP, TOO, FOR YOUR
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| 01:06:42 |
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BLOG. PEOPLE THINK THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH YOU AND YOUR WORLD VIEW, THE MISSION STATEMENT, WHATEVER. I PUT IT ON MY BLOG. IT'S HARD...
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| 01:07:24 |
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RIGHT. AND SPENT MY CAREER AS A REPORTER IN THE BLACK PRESS, AND I CHOSE TO DO THAT. I HAD OPTIONS, OTHER PLACES SO I UNDERSTAND WHERE MR. JOYNER ...
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| 01:07:37 |
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BECAUSE OF THE CREDIBILITY AND KNOW WE HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE. TO ME, CONTEXT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE JEREMIAH WRIGHT'S PIECE. CONTEXT IS BASED...
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| 01:08:53 |
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STORY. USUALLY THESE STORIES ARE ABOUT WHOEVER
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| 01:08:55 |
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WANTS TO STEP UP AND COVER IT. THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE
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| 01:09:00 |
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DIVERSITY IN THE NEWSROOM BECAUSE OFTEN THE ONLY -- MANY TIMES THE REPORTERS ARE BLACK WHO WANT TO COVER BLACK ISSUES. I WORK IN
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| 01:09:11 |
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A FEATURES DEPARTMENT WHERE I'M THE ONLY BLACK WRITER. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO SEE THE STORIES ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY THE WAY THAT WE SEE...
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| 01:09:52 |
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TO READ, EUGENE ROBINSON, LEONARD PITS. THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT BLACK JOURNALISTS OUT THERE DIGGING
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| 01:10:00 |
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INTO TISSUES TRYING TO TELL A FULLER STORY. AND I WOULD DIRECT YOUR STUDENTS TO THEM. >> YOU ARE TELLING YOUR STUDENTS TO KEEP YOUR JOBS FIRST BEFORE...
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| 01:10:28 |
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IN THAT ROOM. THAT'S FIRST OF ALL. AND THAT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO DO. >> I'M FROM KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY. MY QUESTION IS WITH THE MAINSTREAM BLACK...
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| 01:10:44 |
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JENA SIX WHERE DO COLLEGE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN MEDIA FILL LEADERSHIP RULES AND WHAT CAN WE DO? >> RULE OF COLLEGE MEDIA? >> I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT
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| 01:10:56 |
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SOME OF THE COLLEGE JOURNALISTS, SOME ARE THE FINEST WE HAVE. THE FACT IS NOBODY CAN ASSIGN YOU TO BE A LEADER. NOBODY -- YOU CAN TEACH LEADERSHIP...
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| 01:11:14 |
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OF YOUR
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| 01:11:16 |
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ABILITY. EXCELLENT REPORTING ON SOME SENSITIVE ISSUES I HAVE. DARE I BRING THIS UP, THE DUKE RAPE CASE. SOME WERE COLLEGE JOURNALISTS WHO KNEW THERE...
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| 01:12:05 |
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TRIED TO GET TO PEOPLE. THE GREAT THING ABOUT BEING A COLLEGE JOURNALIST RIGHT NOW IS THAT THEY CAN ACCESS YOUR WEBSITE LIKE THEY CAN ACCESS MY WEBSITE....
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| 01:12:41 |
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NOT ONLY FROM THE VETERANS BUT FROM THE YOUNGER GENERATION. I COMMEND YOU. >> ASK THE
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| 01:12:47 |
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QUESTION. >> I'M ON MY WAY. >> NO, GET THERE. >> WHEN YOU DEAL WITH JENA SIX AND REVEREND WRIGHT I THINK THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. THE...
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| 01:13:07 |
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ASTOUNDED WATCHING
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| 01:13:08 |
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ON TELEVISION HOW
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| 01:13:10 |
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SHAWN HANNITY IS A CHRISTIAN AND
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| 01:13:13 |
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WOULD DEGRADE ANOTHER QUESTION. THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR. I THINK AS A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER THERE HAS TO BE A LESSON LEARNED. MY QUESTION...
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| 01:14:00 |
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MEDIA OR THE BLOG HAS A DESIRE FOR INTEGRITY, TRUTH, OR
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| 01:14:08 |
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CONTEXT. I'M NOT SURE THAT PRESUMPTION CAN BE MADE. I THINK IF WE ARE
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| 01:14:12 |
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GOING TO TEACH YOUNG JOURNALISTS COMING OUT OF SCHOOL, IF ANYTHING, BE TRUE TO YOURSELF. BE TRUE TO THE STORY. THERE HAS TO BE -- WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS...
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| 01:15:47 |
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LARGER DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY THINK THE SNIPPETS WERE RIGHT? >> IT...
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| 01:16:24 |
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TRUTHS YOU WOULD NEVER HEAR ANYWHERE ELSE. THAT'S THE WHOLE WILD WEST PART OF IT. >> THE JEREMIAH WRIGHT THING BOTHERS ME BECAUSE MOST MEDIA WHO...
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| 01:16:56 |
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TO DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T FELLOWSHIP WITH THEM. THE REASON TOM CALLED JEREMIAH'S NAME IS BECAUSE HE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM. WE ARE EXPENDABLE...
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| 01:17:54 |
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IT A DIDN'T WAY. HOW MANY
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| 01:17:58 |
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BLACK JOURNALISTS DON'T GO TO BLACK CHURCHES? >> IS THAT IMPORTANT? >> THE REASON IT IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE YOU IMPORT WHAT YOU KNOW. YOU DIDN'T...
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| 01:18:17 |
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DON'T MISUNDERSTAND THE STORY THEN YOU CAN REALITY IT TO YOUR COLLEAGUES. >>
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| 01:18:22 |
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PLEASE GIVE ME HELP
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| 01:18:23 |
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ON THIS, TOM. >> I THINK THAT WAS A QUESTION OF BAD REPORTING ALL THE WAY AROUND. WELL, THAT, TOO. I THINK WHAT HE'S SAYING IS HOW COME THESE REPORTERS...
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| 01:18:43 |
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THEY DIDN'T
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| 01:18:45 |
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CARE IN THE REPORTING. I THINK THE REPORTING WASN'T THERE, TOO. THAT'S WHAT I THINK. >> SOME OF THE BEST REPORTING I SAW ON TRINITY AND THE WHOLE...
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| 01:19:11 |
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SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW WITH JEREMIAH WRIGHT. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MY INTERVIEW, BUT THE FACT IS PEOPLE -- BECAUSE BILL MOHRS WAS INTERESTED IN THE WHOLE...
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| 01:19:25 |
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WE CANNOT CONTROL WHAT SHAWN HANNITY DOES. THAT'S NOT OUR JOB. WHAT WE CAN DO IS CONTROL STORIES AND TELL THEM IN OUR WAY. FRANKLY, YOU WANT TO...
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| 01:20:20 |
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YOURSELF A QUESTION. [APPLAUSE] A QUICK QUESTION,
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| 01:20:25 |
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BUT A QUESTION. I'M GOING TO USE THAT, TOO. >> WE GO TO
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| 01:20:39 |
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TRINITY. >>
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| 01:20:41 |
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ALL RIGHT. WORK TOGETHER. COLLABORATE ON ONE QUESTION. >> I WANT TO TALK TO FATHER PFLEGGER. I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE BECAUSE I WANTED THE ASSOCIATION...
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| 01:21:00 |
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THE PROPER COVERAGE TO
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| 01:21:01 |
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HIS ANSWERS, BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT. BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU GUYS IS THAT I WENT
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| 01:21:08 |
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TO TRINITY FOR NINE YEARS. EVERYTHING YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT TRINITY IS A LIE. WE WORKED HARD AT THAT CHURCH. REVEREND WRIGHT LOVES EVERY ONE OF YOU,...
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| 01:22:37 |
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QUESTION. YOUR QUESTION. >> MY QUESTION IS BECAUSE I HEARD FROM THE PANEL
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| 01:22:41 |
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THAT IN A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION
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| 01:22:43 |
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THAT EVEN THE PANEL, BLACK PEOPLE, WHITE PEOPLE, WE'RE STILL
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| 01:22:47 |
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NOT GETTING THIS WE'RE DIFFERENT RIGHT. BLACK PEOPLE
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| 01:22:51 |
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ARE DIFFERENT. >> YOUR
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| 01:22:53 |
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QUESTION. >> MY QUESTION IS --
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| 01:22:56 |
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I'M PRESIDENT OF HIMER
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| 01:22:59 |
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MILER GROUP. MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS. WE MOVEMENT, THERE IS -- WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS UMM -- >> I'M SO SORRY TO...
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| 01:23:13 |
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I REALLY AM. OUT OF RESPECT TO OUR
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| 01:23:17 |
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PANELISTS -- OUT OF RESPECT TO OUR PANELISTS WE'RE GOING TO SAY THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
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| 01:23:31 |
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TOM JOYNER, ERIC DEG BEGANS, MI SHELL MARTIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [CAPTIONS PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL...
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