Journalism breaks out

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 7:57 PM PDT

2008/09/04 · 19:57

I just saw this article on the New York Times online and was drawn in by the teaser:

Senator John McCain pledged to move the nation beyond “partisan rancor” after a convention filled with blistering attacks on his opponent.

I had to check again to make sure I hadn't misread it. Was the media actually going to point out the inherent hypocrisy of the GOP convention? So I clicked through, and was amazed at what I saw.

More quotes and some thoughts below the fold

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Friday June 06, 2008 · 9:18 AM PDT

2008/06/06 · 09:18

Ever since Barack Obama officially became the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party, I've been having periodic moments of perspective. Normally a moment of perspective diminishes the awesomeness of whatever it is you're contemplating, but this time it just made it even better. Because it really is amazing to think that we have an African-American nominee for the highest office in the land.

Others have commented on this before, of course, and far more eloquently than I can. But it has been easy for me to lose sight of just how amazing that fact is because of how long we've known it would happen, and because of the fact that race has not been emphasized by the Obama campaign (with the exception of the speech in Philadelphia).

So I just thought I'd note a little (relatively) recent history of race and politics, even if I am a little late to the party.

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Journalism breaks out

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