Trent Lott and the Media

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

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