Left Wing Racism = Non-Coverage from MSM

American Thinker ^ | April 16, 2008 | J. James Estrada

[neverdem]

Duane "Dog" Chapman, Don Imus, and Michael Richards have all made national news recently for making racist comments.  Each, having been fully and mercilessly covered by the mainstream media paid a price for his errors.  Some caught in the same circumstances, however, get a pass.  The latest example is left of center independent newspaper publisher Michael Lacey.  Lacey is the owner of Village Voice Media, a conglomerate of "alternative weeklies," including the New Times in Phoenix and the Village Voice in New York, which service a niche readership group in an increasingly growing number of markets throughout the country.

Lacey used the N-word on April 4, 2008 while making a speech at a Phoenix awards banquet which honored a deceased African-American journalist.  (The date also happens to be the 40^th anniversary of the King assassination).  Lacey referred to another deceased journalist as "my n------".    The Arizona Republic still has not covered the racial slur.  The town's other paper, The Tribune, did cover it because the journalist being honored wrote for them. 

Three days later, after the Tribune's coverage, Lacey issued a half-hearted apology, saying he was sorry that his "comments about a dead colleague rankled listeners.  My words, meant to honor a friend, were inappropriate. All present have my sincere apology. It is regrettable that any phrase of mine offended those attending a First Amendment awards banquet."

Lacey once fired an editor, in part, because he made a racist statement at a staff meeting at The Village Voice.  David Blum was fired after only six months on the job.  After the staff meeting, Blum apologized.  However, Lacey said "the problem was, his apology made it worse."  Blum apparently referred to a minority community as "Joe Jones from Flatbush," when he was accused of favoring a white clientele. 

From his New Times forum, Lacey has made a career of attacking Sheriff Joe Arpaio and implying that Arpaio is racist against Hispanics for his hard stance on illegal immigration.   

With Lacey's "my n-----" soundbite, one has to wonder who exactly the racist is.  And what happened to the mainstream media's outrage over all things racist?

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[Happy Rain]

PCC—Persecution of the Candid Conservative,is a leftist staple.
Oh to be a liberal and thus be allowed to fully exercise my 1st Amendment rights without fear.
We’re losing on this one folks.Apparently in the culture war,the best offense is a good defensiveness.Contrived politically motivated umbrage may not overly frighten the conservative base,but it scares the RINO flop out of our so-called “leaders.”

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The media and the left (same thing) are not against racism. They are against White Christian males.

[Turbo Pig]

but it scares the RINO flop out of our so-called “leaders.”

There is the problem, right there. Where are the Conservative leaders? This is exactly why it is important to get to the polls in Nov. Even if you are not voting for McCain, you need to support the best conservatives at the local and state levels that are on the ticket. They are the national leaders of tomorrow. The leaders who will not buckle under the slightest wind of criticism by the bigots and racist on the left.

[rock_lobsta]

Lacey referred to another deceased journalist as "my n------"

I thought slavery was outlawed after the Civil War...