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...freshman year roommates recall a young lady more intent on her music—she played viola for the Bach Society orchestra—than on any journalistic pursuits. Although Block did write briefly for the weekly Harvard Independent, her companions would show more of a flair for the on-air throughout college...
...Atlanta-based urban radio consultant Harry Lyles, warn that the practice could potentially become problematic in the long run. "Black radio hosts need to be careful; he's running for President of the United States, not President of black America," says Lyles, who has spent more than 25 years on-air and behind the scenes in radio. "They need to stimulate interest and intelligent discussion about the election, not just cheer on Barack Obama. Being a cheerleader can be very dangerous...
...would be to make it fresh. As for Obama, the network is still figuring out how to palatably antagonize him. While the Jeremiah Wright story was a gift--Fox turned him into a dashiki-clad screen saver--Fox's Chris Wallace embarrassingly chastised the hosts of Fox and Friends on-air for "distorting" Obama's words. And Bill O'Reilly caught flak for using the phrase "lynching party" in a critique of Michelle Obama...
...When Imus mouthed off last year about the women's basketball team from Rutgers, the media looked to African-American intellectuals and female cultural leaders to determine whether his remarks - referring to the young athletes as "nappy-headed hos" - were his standard brand of on-air provocation or if he had in fact crossed the line into racism...
Then, I received a call from Echo Moskvi, the last liberal Moscow Radio station, which is something of an on-air Hyde Park for limited numbers of intellectuals, a small arena for them to spout off, not unlike the old Soviet-era Literaturnaya Gazeta. I explained as briefly as I could: it's not an endorsement or a distinction. Hitler and Stalin were Men of the Year, because they left indelible imprints on their respective years' events, which were to influence history. TIME journalists are like investigators who explore, gather and present facts on the assigned case as thoroughly...