I was just saying I wish some Black journalists would speak up about how Bob Lewis of the Associated Press took one word and wrote a story as though that was all Sen. Obama said.
Obama's 'quiet riots' are for real
By Roland S. Martin
CNN contributor
Roland S. Martin is a CNN contributor and a talk-show host for WVON-AM in Chicago.
(CNN) -- Conservative critics have been lighting up the airwaves and blogs for the last 48 hours after Sen. Barack Obama's speech to the Hampton University Annual Ministers' Conference raised the combustible topic of the burning anger among the nation's poor African Americans.
Much of this was the result of a terrible story written by Bob Lewis of The Associated Press, who wrote in his lead that "Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Tuesday that the Bush administration has done nothing to defuse a 'quiet riot' among blacks that threatens to erupt just as riots in Los Angeles did 15 years ago."
After seeing the story I was stunned to read such a thing, and immediately sought the transcript of Obama's speech. In reading it, Obama used the word riot nine times; the phrase "quiet riot" three times; and never suggested that America was on the verge of seeing African Americans lash out like they did during the Los Angeles riots in 1992.
But what he did try to do was give the 8,000 attendees, and anyone else watching, an understanding of what is a real problem in America's inner cities. And more importantly, his blueprint for fixing the problem.
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Roland tried to correct it too on that awful Paula Zahn
But, I'm glad he wrote about it too.
I'm starting to think if
I'm starting to think if Zahn were a teenager she'd be singing white power rock.
I used to work with Paula about 20 years ago...
... when she was still pretty nice. Looks like she's turned into a bit of a monster... not surprised, considering the cutthroat nature of that biz. Britt Hume is another example; during that same time period, Britt was the type of guy you wouldn't mind having a beer with while listening to his stories from the Capitol Hill beat. Now, I just wanna kick his friggin' teeth in...
I make my living off the
I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something-something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry
Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I dont have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry
We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
Comes on at five
She can tell you bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye
Its interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry
Can we film the operation?
Is the head dead yet?
You know, the boys in the newsroom got a running bet
Get the widow on the set!
We need dirty laundry
You dont really need to find out whats going on
You dont really want to know just how far its gone
Just leave well enough alone
Eat your dirty laundry
Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybodys pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry
We can do the innuendo
We can dance and sing
When its said and done we havent told you a thing
We all know that crap is king
Give us dirty laundry!