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Association of Black Women Historians Objects to The Help in Open Letter

Looks like not everyone gave The Help a pleased-as-punch A+ CinemaScore rating ; in an open letter released this week, The Association of Black Women Historians decried the film and Kathryn Stockett’s source novel of the same name, citing what they describe as “widespread stereotyping” in the film’s depiction of the black experience in the Jim Crow South.

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Association of Black Women Historians Objects to The Help in Open Letter

How will Rupert Murdoch justify not covering Obama’s address to Congress next week?

Fox has made it perfectly clear that it's not going to cover any of Obama's primetime press conferences. Ever. Fox TV (not Fox News) has walked away from that traditional obligation.

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How will Rupert Murdoch justify not covering Obama’s address to Congress next week?