Finally, someone is telling the story of white men.

This is an actual headline. The struggle is real!



A collection of short stories published by entertainment lawyer Kevin Morris makes the front page of USA Today's Money section. Why? The startling thing about the book, according to USA Today media writer Michael Wolff, is that it deals with "one of the least-popular media subjects, middle-aged white men."

Yes, "White Men Have Stories to Tell, Too," as the headline of Wolff's column declares.

More here: White Man Publishes Book! USA Today Mistakes This for News

Newspaper employee fired for "Chinky Winky" and "Dinky Doo"

Philadelphia Public Record issues apology for printing racial slurs



In case you missed it, last week's edition of the Philadelphia Public Record ran a photo of Asian American community members with a caption that included racist made-up names, including "Chinky Winky" and "Dinky Doo." The paper has since issued an apology, and the editor responsible for the slurs has been fired.

Philadelphia paper prints photo caption with racist names

"Me Too, Chinky Winky and Dinky Doo."



Oh hell no. If you happen to peruse the pages of this week's Philadelphia Public Record, then you'll see some racist copyeditor's idea of a joke. Please note that "Chinky Winky" and "Dinky Doo" are not real names.

Philadelphia Newspaper Calls Asians "Chinky Winky" and "Dinky Doo"

In the August 21 print edition of the free weekly tabloid, Philadelphia City Councilman Mark Squilla is pictured at a Chinatown fundraising event with several Asian American supporters. The photo's caption includes, among several other made up names, "Me Too," "Chinky Winky" and "Dinky Doo." I see what you did there. Asshole.

The best part about this bullshit is that the publisher is defending the caption as a "proofreading error":

Welcome to America, Masahiro Tanaka

Classy as always, New York Post.



Got this passed along to me from multiple people... Not that I expect anything less than tastelessly exploitative from the New York Post, but take a look at this cover from Thursday's metro edition. The headline heralds the New York Yankees' signing of Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka to a $155 million contract.

No doubt, that's a pretty big deal, but does it warrant the accompanying image of a Japanese World War II aircraft? Decades later, people still seem to go out of their way to invoke war imagery with anything related to Japan. How about trying a little harder? And stay classy as always, New York Post.

Newspaper compares Japanese wrestling win to Pearl Harbor

"Japan has never had such an easy time of it since their surprise attack on Pearl Harbour..."



I'm sure this reporter thought he was being rather clever.

This week, The Cochrane Times, a weekly publication out of Alberta, Canada, ran a story about visitors from the Japanese National High School Wrestling Team defeating a local team. The best way to describe the match, of course, was to liken the Japanese wrestlers' win to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Cochrane Times compares Japanese wrestling win to Pearl Harbor

Seriously, it's been over seventy years, and that is the best you can do? The reporter, Patrick Price, invokes the Pearl Harbor reference in his very first paragraph. Couldn't wait to bust that one out:

"FRIGHT 214." Seriously, Chicago Sun-Times?

Several folks have drawn my attention to this front page headline of this Chicago Sun-Times headline that ran yesterday in the aftermath of the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco. Seriously -- FRIGHT 214?

One could argue it's merely a pun, but I can't help but note that we happen to be talking about the deadly crash of an Asian-owned airline, in which two of the victims were Chinese, with a Korean pilot in the cockpit. Maybe someone could have used a little more sensitivity instead of trying to get clever with the L/R play on words?

At the very least, it's in extremely poor taste. Huge thumbs down to the Sun-Times.

UPDATE: According to the Asian American Journalists Association's MediaWatch, Sun-Times Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Jim Kirk said it didn't dawn on his editors that the play on words could be construed as offensive: Chicago Sun-Times publisher responds to 'Fright 214' headline.