Despite a consistent lack of accountability to the African-American community, the continued reverence for President Obama has brought scorn to those Black leaders who chose to openly criticize his policies.

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Polls ranging from whether race played a part in the slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina to, more recently, was radio shock jock Don Imus’ firing fair and whether baseball slugger Barry Bonds should break Hank Aaron’s major league record of 755 home runs, expose a racial gulf wider than the Atlantic Ocean. more>

People of color own only 4 percent of the nation’s 10,577 commercial AM and FM radio stations. One firm, Clear Channel Radio, based in Texas, owns 1,250 radio stations—almost three times more than the number owned by Blacks and Hispanics combined. Commercial television was even worse. People of color own only 1.9 percent of the country’s 1,288 licensed stations. [Ed. The U.S. Senate has voted to overturn the FCC rules but the measure is stalled in the House. More information at www.mediareform.net.] more>