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| Obama White House bars press from press award ceremony |
| 2009-03-20 |
| Andrew Malcolm, "Top of the Ticket" blog @ The Los Angeles Times We are not making this up: You cannot possibly make this stuff up. Barack Obama was elected commander-in-chief promising to run the most transparent presidential administration in American history. This achievement and the overall promise of his historic administration caused the National Newspaper Publishers Assn. to name him "Newsmaker of the Year." The president is to receive the award from the federation of black community newspapers in a White House ceremony this afternoon. The Obama White House has closed the press award ceremony to the press. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #2 States that National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) presented the 1995 `Newsmaker of the Year' award to Louis Farrakhan,... Little bloody wonder they don't want it publicized. As a past award recipient, old Louis will probably be there. But wait! There's MORE! Black Press Week to Celebrate, Salute Obama Family Thursday, March 12th 2009 Black Press Week, the annual celebration of the birth of the Black Press of America, March 16, 1827, will salute America’s first family, celebrate civil rights champions and honor a political pioneer during its annual Newsmaker of the Year Award Dinner March 19. “Black Press Week promises to be the most exciting ever,” says Dorothy R. Leavell, chair of the NNPA Foundation, unveiling this year’s honorees, selected by member publishers. “The pride of our profession gladdens our hearts as we acknowledge the first African-American president and replay the role of the Black Press over these 182 years.” The top honoree is the Newsmaker of the year, which will go to the entire first family of President Barack Obama, in celebration of their historic impact on America as a family and as public servants. They include the president, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia. The year’s glitzy awards reception and dinner will be held March 19 at The Fairfax at Embassy Row, a Luxury Collection Hotel. The Lifetime Achievement Award will go to civil rights icon the Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder and former president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, who recently rendered the benedictory prayer at the presidential inauguration. Two Outstanding Community Service Awards will go to Xernona Clayton, president and CEO of The Trumpet Foundation, and the Rev. Al Sharpton, president and CEO of the National Action Network, and radio talk show host. A special Political Leadership Award will be given to U. S. Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), who, as House majority whip, is an example of the “wisdom and influence that has been so closely intertwined with the Black Press over centuries of activism and accomplishment,'' says Leavell. America’s first Black newspaper, Freedom’s Journal, was founded by Samuel Cornish and John B. Russwurm in 1827 in New York City. During the Black Press Week celebration, held this year March 18-20, publishers from around the nation also visit with congressional leaders - Democrats and Republicans - in the spirit of the first editorial printed on the front page of the journal. It stated, “We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.” It continues, “Too long has the publick been deceived by misrepresentations in things which concern us dearly….” The publishers will also participate in an annual ceremony in the Browsing Room at Howard University, which houses Black Press archives and a shrine honoring deceased heroes and heroines of the Black Press, says Leavell. “We are looking forward to our celebration of our founding in 1827 by Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm and other distinguished Publishers of note such as Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, The Murphys of Baltimore, Robert S Abbott and John H. Sengstacke of Chicago, The Jervays of North Carolina, The Vanns of Pittsburgh, The Youngs of Virginia, Dr. Carlton Goodlett of California and many, many more that understood the importance of the Black Press and sacrificed personal fortune to give a voice to the voiceless.” |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-20 09:12 |
| #1 Another day, another resounding clanger from the Obama White House... To repeat a line I stole from the comments at another blog - "I knew the Obama Administration was gonna be a train wreck, but I thought it would make it out of the station first." |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2009-03-20 08:54 |