Criticism Of The Integrity In The (Black) Press: I Write for “The People,” Not for “A Paper” – Between the Lines

The Black Press has served as an ultimate check against a constant “white-out” of issues in our community and the constant distortion of facts that continually misrepresent black communities and the people who live there. Today’s news is tomorrow’s history. He (she) who tells the story, writes the ending. Historiography in America is constantly in revision as discovery of historicity (as it relates to actual history of Black America) is uncovered. Social criticism has uncovered most of these historical misrepresentations. Advocacy journalism attacks false history and covertness. Journalistic integrity, no matter who lacks it, should be called out at all costs. Black journalists and editorialists are constantly calling out media bias and misrepresenting of the mainstream media that we see, by any standard, as unfair. It’s okay to call out the Los Angeles Times, or CNN or Fox News when they insult our sensibilities (and our intelligence) but when the black press does it, we’re supposed to ignore it. I don’t think so. Black press is fair game too.