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Jasmyne Cannick

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    John & Ken Remain Off-Air at KTLA 5 Following Whitney Houston 'Crack Ho' Remark: Latino Group Celebrates

    Updated at the bottom: This isn't over yet. First posted at 12:19 p.m. A Latino media group today gloated about the absence of conservative radio talk show hosts from their nightly segment on KTLA News, local televisions's channel 5. The National Hispanic Media Coalition called the John & Ken's tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Whitney Houston 'Crack Ho' Remark: Should Angry White Men Like 'John & Ken' Be Allowed to Have A Radio Station to Themselves in L.A?

    Conservative talk radio hosts John & Ken are back on the air this week following a week-and-a-half suspension for calling the late Whitney Houston a "crack ho." A group of African Americans in broadcasting met with the duo yesterday and seem cool with the outcome, but in a statement the coalition s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    'Scarecrow' Compton Minister Busted

    The L.A. Times and other sources report that the Rev. E. Joshua Sims, who leads Compton's LASDDefrocked: Rev. E. Joshua Sims​Double Rock Baptist congregation, has been arrested on embezzlement charges. Not only is Sims accused of channeling $800,000 of church funds toward his personal use, but, ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Overturning Proposition 8: In 2010 or 2012?

    Proposition 8, last year's successful ballot initiative overturning the existing right of gays to marry in California, was largely financed by out-of-state money and represented a resounding defeat for the cause of same-sex marriage here. Precisely, however, when Prop 8 opponents finished licking th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Poll Finds Racial, Ethnic Divides Over Gay Marriage

    A gay marriage poll released by the L.A. Times reveals that a yawning racial chasm exists over the issue. Pollsters found that a substantial majority in a sampling of 1,500 registered voters in Los Angeles -- 56 percent -- favored legalizing same-sex marriage, while only 37 percent opposed it. Howev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    New LAPD Headquarters: Parker Center -- Not

    According to the L.A. Times, L.A.'s civilian Police Commission today rejected former police chief and current City Councilman Bernard Parks' request to legacy-transfer the William Parker brand from the LAPD's old headquarters to the new one. Admittedly, the idea had sounded a little nutty. In a city ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Bernie Parks Wants New LAPD HQ to Keep 'Parker' Brand

    What's in a name? Today's L.A. Times carries an item about L.A. City Councilman Bernard Parks' nostalgic quest to have the new, schmantzy LAPD HQ named Parker Center. You know - as in "Parker Center" that has been the name of the current police headquarters since 1966. Which is named for the same cr ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 25, 2008

    Warrengate: Obama's First Fuckup as President Elect?

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  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Lesbian vs Bible-Doc Smackdown

    A battle royale has broken out between two columnists on the pages of the Los Angeles Sentinel. The debate is over AIDS and the African Americans community, and pits lesbian journalist Jasmyne A. Cannick against L.A.-based author Dr. Firpo W. Carr. Photos of the two writers are  juxtaposed in t ... More >>

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