Below are a collection of articles written in the aftermath of controversial comments made by US Senator Trent Lott on December 5, 2002. December 19 The perfect news incubator Staci D. Kramer, Online Journalism Review, December 19, 2002 How the mainstream media fumbled the Lott story Paul Janensch, Hartford Courant, December 19, 2002 December 18 The Thurmond exemption: No reason for press to play along with unspoken pact to overlook racist past Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, December 18, 2002 Lott’s homeys want him gone Quin Hillyer, National Review, December 18, 2002 Ed Gordon: BET's man of the hour, but only briefly Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2002 Trent Lott gets bloggered Mark Glaser, Online Journalism Review, December 18, 2002 Lott gives show a lift in ratings Associated Press, December 18, 2002 December 17 Minority report on the incoming majority leader Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2002 The News from BET: After Lott, very little Paul Farhi, Washington Post, December 17, 2002 How Lott scandal built momentum Linda Feldmann, Christian Science Monitor, December 17, 2002 With Lott interview, BET seeks repairs of its own Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Globe, December 17, 2002 Lott should have left bad enough alone: Awkward interview on black channel spins him in deeper Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle, December 17, 2002 December 16 A hundred-candle story and how to blow it Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, December 16, 2002 December 13 Not a whole Lotta love Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, December 13, 2002 Mississippi newspapers blast Lott for remarks Joe Strupp, Editor and Publisher, December 13, 2002 December 12 Trent Lott: Only a tame media has let him last so long Stanley Crouch, New York Daily News, December 12, 2002 Trent Lott: The Hannity Factor Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, December 12, 2002 December 10 Why so late on Lott? Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, December 10, 2002 [top] |