And the Beyonce baby bump watch saga continues… The Internet was on fire last week with rumors that Beyonce and Jay-Z were expecting their second child. E! Online and The New York Post both quoted sources close to the couple saying Beyonce was pregnant, though Jay-Z and Beyonce’s camps would not confirm the news. Nonetheless,…
Everything’s a conspiracy all the time on the Internet, especially when it comes to why we see the stories we see on TV, why certain people get publicity and others done and why networks air the programming they air. While sometimes there are nefarious powers a-foot, more often than not is a reality of people…
At the time of this writing — after 1:30AM — I’m not exactly sure what happened to Chris Dorner, who is or was the ex-LAPD officer who murdered the daughter of a LAPD police union rep and her fiancé, then eluded police for over a week. Last night, from a cabin in Big Bear, California, he allegedly…
African-American journalists are still making strides in the journalism world, and Kevin Merida has just made history at the Washington Post. The 56-year-old was named managing editor of the daily newspaper on Monday, making him the first Black journalist to achieve the title. “I am extremely honored to be managing editor of the Washington Post. I…
President Obama recently took to the media to condemn some of its practitioners. Particularly the conservative media, which has been a thorn in Obama’s torso for a while now. It won’t stop. Rush Limbaugh is going to find a shadow to cast to the current administration. And the president will continuously brand the conservative media…
Considerable media attention has been given to the feud between Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks. The two supermodels even famously addressed their rivalry on a heated episode of “The Tyra Banks Show.” I always grimaced at the thought of these two accomplished supermodels battling one another, especially since they have individually found ways to excel…
By now, most of you have seen the harrowing Tuesday New York Post cover that shows a man hanging off the subway platform seconds before losing his life. Ki Suk Han, 58, was pushed into the track* in the Times Square subway by “a deranged man” on Monday. As he frantically tried to climb back up,…
Decades ago, when a young girl would come home in tears, after braving schoolyard taunts, her parents would often pull her into their arms and quip, “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can never hurt you.” As recently as the ’80s, when I was a girl, “sticks and stones” was the most…
As America celebrates the commanding victory the U.S. women’s gymnastics team turned in at the Olympic games, many of us are wondering why the mainstream media isn’t intent on making 16-year-old Gabrielle Douglas happen. Dubbed “The Flying Squirrel,” Douglas secured her spot on the team by beating out all of her competitors at the U.S….
With the 24/7 news cycle and our penchant for wanting to know what’s going on at all times, sometimes news sites and gossip blogs report stories before the facts are in. CNN and Fox News were both chided when they mistakenly reported that the Affordable Care Act was struck down by the Supreme Court, and…
