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‘It puts everyone in a really bad position’: Black journalists react to Trump joining NABJ panel (www.theguardian.com)

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Many criticize ex-president’s appearance at Black journalists’ conference as irresponsible

On Monday night, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced that Donald Trump will participate in a panel discussion at the organization’s annual convention in Chicago, which starts on Wednesday.

The announcement, which said that the Q&A would “concentrate on the most pressing issues facing the Black community”, was met with swift online backlash from some Black journalists. They decried the decision to invite a presidential candidate who has lambasted Black journalists, led a movement to squash diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and who is responsible for increased anti-journalistic sentiment, including the popularization of the term “fake news” to describe factual, but potentially unflattering, reporting.

Tiffany Walden, a co-founder and editor-in-chief of The TRiiBE, a digital platform that focuses on Black Chicago, told the Guardian that NABJ’s decision was “irresponsible”.

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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 41 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Important context for any here who might not read the article:

The outcry led to the NABJ president, Ken Lemon, and others defending the decision, saying that Black reporters should have the opportunity to question a political candidate.

“Every year, every presidential election cycle, we invite the presidential candidates to come,” Lemon said to NABJ student journalists on Tuesday. “We extend that to anyone who is a nominee and in this case we have two presumptive nominees. We invited both of them … This is an important hour. We have people whose lives are depending on what happens in November … This is a great opportunity for us to vet the candidate right here on our ground.”

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

It's the constantly giving him a platform and not pushing back on his BS. But a quick google confirms that pretty much all candidates have spoken except tRump until now. He skipped it last time.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 4 points 3 months ago

Kamala should say yes, as well, with a tweet (ugh) that says "Any time, any place."