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Guest Commentator

Milton Allimadi

Milton Allimadi, a former Times stringer, publishes The Black Star News, a weekly newspaper in New York City. His e-Mail address is [email protected]. “The Hearts of Darkness, How White Writers Created The Racist Image of Africa,” is available through, www.amazon.com, www.justbookz.com, www.theheartsofdarkness.com, St. Marks Bookstore in the West Village and Hue Man Books in Harlem.

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Guest Commentary

The New York Times’ Racist Lies about Africa

By Milton Allimadi Guest Commentator

More than 10 years ago, I brought to the attention of editors at The New York Times my expose of cases of journalistic concoctions by reporters and editors during the newspaper’s African news coverage. I was virtually ignored. So you can imagine how I felt when Jayson Blair’s plagiarism and fakery came back to haunt…

More than 10 years ago, I brought to the attention of editors at The New York Times my expose of cases of journalistic concoctions by reporters…

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