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When will the media drop its focus on race and start talking politics?

Just a quick flick through the 16 photos featured on the Guardian website under “US election night victory celebrations around the globe” reveals only one non-black face. Am I being contentious here or is there a certain media bias/slant being taken? Or are black people more photogenic when it comes to outbursts of post-election euphoria? [...]

The Daily Mail – not so much a newspaper…

“The Daily Mail – not so much a newspaper as an idiot’s guidebook issued in bite-size daily instalments” Charlie Brooker on the Brand/Ross debacle. Read more at the guardian.co.uk.