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During an NPR Weekend Addition interview, Bill Cosby, 77, refused to answer host Scott Simon’s questions about recently, reemerged rape allegations against America’s Dad. RELATED: #CosbyMeme: Bill Cosby’s Twitter Hashtag Goes Horribly Wrong Comedian Hannibal Buress: Bill Cosby Is A Rapist Cosby and his wife, Camille Cosby, donated 62 pieces of their extensive African and […]

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NewsOne reported that NPR is canceling one of its only programs directed toward black audiences, “Tell Me More” with Michel Martin. Many are sad to see the show go and the cancellation has put more focus on diversity in media. The “NewsOne Now” panel – NPR’s Vice President for Newsroom Diversity Keith Woods, Richard Prince […]

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Podcast: Download Diversity in the media takes another major blow as NPR cancels “Tell Me More” with Michel Martin. The “NewsOne Now” panel – NPR’s Vice President for Newsroom Diversity Keith Woods, Richard Prince of the Maynard Institute and Allison Davis, a founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists – took on the […]

As we recall the civil rights gains that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. worked so hard for, noted legal scholar Michelle Alexander claims there’s still a long way to go before blacks achieve true social equality. SEE ALSO: Will Obama Outsmart Everyone? In her book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, […]

Juan Williams accused National Public Radio of stifling free speech as he sat down with Bill O’Reilly on Monday for a candid interview about his new book, “Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate.” NPR fired Williams last year for comments he made about Muslims on Fox News. “They would label you as a bad guy […]

NEW YORK – Fox News analyst and personality Juan Williams said that he gets nervous when walking around young Black men while serving as the guest host for The O’Reily Factor. Business Insider reports: Williams: “I can’t believe that you just said that. You think that simply saying what you think is evidence of bigotry […]

In an interview with The Huffington Post, Fox News Correspondent and former National Public Radio personality called NPR an “All White Organization.” I think when it comes to NPR’s decision to, without any reason, throw me out the door, I think that for them, especially for some of the people who created NPR, it’s an […]

WASHINGTON — NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller resigned Wednesday in the wake of comments by a fellow executive that angered conservatives and renewed calls to end federal funding for public broadcasting. Also read: WBW Honors: Toni Morrison

In an interview with NPR, Kelley Williams-Bolar speaks about her case.

Juan Williams is defending Fox News against the many people who claim that Fox News is a racist organization. Here’s what he had to say in an interview with the Baltimore Sun. At NPR…they don’t know this: A third of the audience for Bill O’Reilly’s show is made up of people of color,” Williams said. […]

GOP strategist Karl Rove and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean discussed the merits of various media outlets Monday night, unsurprisingly finding themselves on polar opposites of the debate.

WASHINGTON (AP) — National Public Radio says it has terminated the contract of longtime news analyst Juan Williams after comments he made about Muslims on the Fox News Channel. NPR reported its move on its website. It said Williams appeared on the “The O’Reilly Factor” on Monday and told host Bill O’Reilly that he gets […]