Defensive back Michigan Reynolds of Michigan saw the tweets of Trevor Lawrence and other college football players, pressing on the opportunity to play this season, despite the pandemic. Reynolds, one of the organizers of a Big Ten player rights movement, does not like the way some on social media liken …
Read More »BBC apologizes for using N-word in news release
Social Affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin used the N-word in a segment on an apparent racial attack in the city of Bristol, which left more than 18,600 complaints from viewers. Tony Hall, the UK’s director general of public broadcasting, apologized in an email to all BBC staff and said the segment …
Read More »Jimmy Lai, Hungarian pro-democracy media tycoon, arrested under new national security law
The violation was made by a new national security law passed by Beijing last month. Business partner Jimmy Lai Mark Simon said the tycoon was arrested early Monday. A total of seven men, aged between 39 and 72, were arrested, according to a police statement, on charges including conspiracy with …
Read More »Democratic women leaders call for sexist news coverage of female vice presidential candidates
In an open letter to top newspaper and network executives, the group said news outlets should not be alone think about problematic stereotypes of women who are considered for the position but “actively work to be anti-racist and anti-sexist in your coverage.” The letter was signed by about a dozen …
Read More »BBC apologizes for N-word televised to DJ Sideman | Media
The BBC’s CEO Tony Hall has apologized after the N-word was used in a TV news broadcast, following massive complaints and the dismissal of one of the corporation’s radio DJs. “Every organization needs to be able to recognize when it has made a mistake. We made one here, ”Hall said …
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