Does The Heritage Controversy Tell Us More About Warren Or The Media?Posted in Articles, Audio, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Native Americans/First Nation, Politics/Public Policy, United States on 2012-05-28 02:36Z by Steven |
Does The Heritage Controversy Tell Us More About Warren Or The Media?
Radio Boston
WBUR
2012-05-22
Dan Mauzy, Associate Producer
Hosts
Meghna Chakrabarti, Co-Host
Anthony Brooks, Co-Host
Guests
Kevin Noble Maillard, Associate Professor of Law (member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma)
Syracuse University
David Catanese, National Political Reporter
Politico
Here’s a bit of a problem that political reporters have to contend with: How should we handle those stories that appear to distract from what most regard as the big, important issues of the day? When a particular campaign or a political party fans the flames of one of these sidebar stories in an effort to keep a controversy alive, what should the media do?
The story about Elizabeth Warren’s claims of Native American ancestry presents one of those challenges.
The Harvard law professor who’s challenging Sen. Scott Brown has talked proudly about her Native American heritage, and we’ve learned that she listed herself as a “minority” for nearly a decade back in the late 1980s and early 90s. Warren has tried to explain why and there’s no evidence that Harvard, or any other university, hired her because of her claim…
Read the entire article here. Listen to the interview (00:25:32) here. Download it here.