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Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - Posts

Words we Shouldn't Use

Semantics (study of word meaning) is extremely important to minority communities. The words we use in stories to describe people can have a positive – or devastating - effect on them.LatinosPerhaps the one ethnic community that is hurt the most by the
posted by LeoLaurence | 8 Comments

Unbalanced TV Coverage to Gay Stories

TV news coverage, at least by some stations in San Diego, is notoriously unbalanced in the coverage of issues involving major, gay civil rights issues like gay marriages.When the San Diego City Council recently voted to file an amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court)
posted by LeoLaurence | 5 Comments