Monthly Archives: January 2019

A sad history

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Southern newspapers in that era though did not hide, mask, or condone lynching — they actively rooted for it and supported it.

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Southern newspapers literally built their reputations, history, and current presence based on lynching and white supremacy.  Newspapers sold copies by the tens of thousands by sensationalizing lynching and buying into lynching not as a form of naked violence, but as an ideology to be encouraged, defended, and protected.

The Media and the Monster
By Chris Richardson

Head on over to The Bitter Southerner and read this piece by Chris Richardson, a former U.S. diplomat and the co-author of the Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement.

It’s a difficult read, but it’s important to recall the history the newspapers played in racial divisiveness in the last century.

Death by a thousand paper cuts continues

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Gannett is cutting and cutting jobs across the country. Head on over to Poynter for the deatils, but here’s the death roll:

  • Indianapolis Star
  • Knoxville (Tennessee) News Sentinel
  • The Tennessean
  • The Record in North Jersey
  • Westchester (New York) Journal News
  • Ventura County (California) Star
  • The Citizen Times in Asheville, North Carolina
  • The Arizona Republic
  • Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times
  • Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Fort Myers (Florida) News-Press
  • USA Today

Hello, I’m a newspaper …

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@roryturnball got this rolling with this Tweet lampooning how Hollywood depicts college professors:

Leading to this Tweet from @watsoncomedian:

Which ended in this from @failingjordan:

So my contribution would be:

Hello, I’m a newspaper reporter in a movie. I live in a fabulous apartment/condo that costs tens of thousands of dollars a month to rent, and it’s furnished with tastefully expensive furniture. I also have a fantastic view of the nearby park (big city) or mountains (rural); if it’s near the ocean, I’m located ON THE BEACH!