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ALL THINGS CONSIDERED -
MWM RADIO
COVERAGE
LINDA & MARSHA AS COMMENTATORS INTERVIEW SISTA BARBARA SMITH, ACTIVIST & RADIO DJ WHO SPEAKS ABOUT MEDIA NOT BEING THE FOCUS OF 2.5 MILLION AFRIKAN WOMEN. MEDIA RULES BROKEN BY THE MWM WHO FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF AFRIKAN WOMEN AND NOT ABOUT HOW THE MEDIA PREFERS A MESSAGE OF SINGLE FOCUS LEADS RATHER THAN A MWM MESSAGE OF INCLUSION OF ALL ISSUES. PRESS GRAVITATES TOWARDS CONFLICT AND NEED CODDLING. MWM IGNORED THE PRESS' NEED TO STORIES WITH A DEAF EAR TOWARDS AFRIKAN WOMEN.
MWM IS A DEFINING HERSTORIC MOMENT FOR AFRIKAN WOMEN. IT IS A MOMENT IN HERSTORY WHOSE TIME HAS COME, WITH OR WITHOUT MEDIA COVERAGE.
NOT BAD FOR A 30-SECOND SOUND BITE. METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING OF COURSE.
note: if you haven't figured it out by now, click on the words "Radio Coverage" to hear the news story.
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