EDITORIAL Context missing in NAACP coverage Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 10/8/2003
Can mainstream media outlets report as objectively on events occurring in communities of color as they do on those in White communities � even if their newsrooms are predominantly White? Perhaps, if they do their homework. But articles that appeared in last week�s Star Tribune about the Minneapolis NAACP (�Gallmon resigns as Minneapolis NAACP President� and �NAACP chapter needs direction�) showed a profound unwillingness to engage the complexity of the situation. Critical thinking is fundamental to the journalistic enterprise. The fact that columnist Doug Grow and staff writer Terry Collins accepted recently-resigned Branch President Al Gallmon�s comments as the whole story, and presented it as such to their readers, shows a disappointing disregard for genuine, fact-based analysis. Sunday�s follow-up story (�NAACP Minneapolis branch at crossroads again�), although offering a broader range of opinion, still seemed like an afterthought and failed to address the branch�s underlying malaise in any real depth. http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=33139&sID=16 http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/default.asp Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
