USAfricaonline MediaWatch

Jack E. White of Time magazine versus David Horowitz's anti-First Amendment and right-wing zealotry Media and the Millennial Listmess. By Prof. Walt Brasch, USAfricaonline.com contributing editor Should Africa debates begin and end at The New York Times and The Washington Post? By Chido Nwangwu Media, Human rights, and Sudan "Guns don't kill Black people, other Blacks do." By Chris Lowe Why is Bill Maher spreading racist nonsense about HIV/AIDS and Africa on ABC? How the media can destroy or strengthen higher education in the U.S. By Dr. Keith Orlando Hilton

NEWS Prof. Leon Dash awarded Swanlund Chair at University of Illinois Special to USAfrica The Newspaper, Houston www.USAfricaonline.com Leon Dash, professor of journalism in the Department of Journalism, has been awarded a Swanlund Chair. According to Ronald E. Yates, professor of Journalism and head, Department of Journalism at the University of Illinois, it is the first ever awarded to a member of the faculty within the College of Communications and the Department of Journalism. See report INTERNATIONAL REPORTING At 39, Nigerians still face dishonest media stereotypes such as William Buckley's, and other self-inflicted wounds.

Hate groups' spin by Lamar Alexander benefits anti-Blacks, anti-Semites, and racists  'Biafra: History Without Mercy' - a preliminary note 100 scholars, researchers of African history, politics and media respond to The New York Times

Control, ownership of Prof. Gates' documentary raise need for 'real' Encyclopedia Africana. By Samuel Lee Burnham African, African-American Scholars clash over Prof. Gates' PBS series on Africa. USAfrica special report Gates' report stirs important dialogue about Africans and our relations with ourselves and others. By Seibert L. Murphy