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Articles FeatureFeatured Black Medics Seek Journalists’ Help on COVIDrichardDecember 6, 2020December 8, 2020 by richardDecember 6, 2020December 8, 202006313 Black medical experts reach out to Black journalists for help with transmitting facts on COVID, vaccine....
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Articles FeatureDid Media Enable Black Men in Drinking Trump’s Kool-Aid?richardNovember 11, 2020November 12, 2020 by richardNovember 11, 2020November 12, 202003331 if so many Black men drank Trum's Kool-Aid, how much can be attributed to the news media -- and how much to a lack of...
Articles FeatureL.A. Times Settles Bias Suit for $3 MillionrichardNovember 11, 2020November 12, 2020 by richardNovember 11, 2020November 12, 202003519 Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing agree to pay $3 million to multiethnic group of journalists,...
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