We received an email asking us to participate in a campaign to remove Michael Lacey from ownership of the Phoenix New Times over his use of the "n" word at a journalists' awards dinner for - among others - an African-American journalist. Civil rights activists are outraged over the remark. We won't bother covering the entire story, since some of the other blogs have already done a good job, but we do want to point out the New Times has been remarkably quiet on the subject, only putting up a rather sanctimonious post about Lacey receiving the award, no mention of the racist remark.
For more on this topic, see:
http://sonoranalliance.com/?p=2228
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/113250
http://arizonamajority.blogspot.com/2008/04/who-is-michael-lacey.html
http://arizonamajority.blogspot.com/2008/04/michael-lacey-new-times-editor-should.html
http://www.yellowsheetreport.com/home.htm/page/newsArticle.newsArticle&articleID=2687
http://redstatearizona.blogspot.com/2008/04/michael-laceys-demeaning-use-of-my-n-at.html
http://lighthouseblog.blogs.com/lighthouse_blog/2008/04/new-times-co-ow.html
http://arizonapoliticalheat.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-hasnt-the-village-voice-fired-lacey.html
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