{"id":61423,"date":"2021-09-04T00:17:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T00:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=61423"},"modified":"2021-09-04T00:33:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T00:33:48","slug":"glen-ford-black-journalist-who-lashed-the-mainstream-dies-at-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=61423","title":{"rendered":"Glen Ford, Black Journalist Who Lashed the Mainstream, Dies at 71"},"content":{"rendered":"

Glen Ford, Black Journalist Who Lashed the Mainstream, Dies at 71<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a>
\n2021-08-18<\/p>\n

Clay Risen<\/strong><\/a>, Reporter and Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nGlen Ford<\/a> in the 1970s. As a journalist, he took aim at the intersection of corporate interests and what he called the Black \u201cmisleadership” class.
\nvia Tonya Rutherford<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Fiercely progressive and independent, he was a persistent critic of the liberal establishment, especially Black leaders like Barack Obama<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Glen Ford<\/a>, who over a 50-year career was a leading voice among progressive Black journalists and a constant scourge of the liberal establishment, especially Black politicians like Barack Obama<\/a>, died on July 28 in Manhattan<\/a>. He was 71.<\/p>\n

His daughter, Tonya Rutherford, said the cause was cancer.<\/p>\n

Originally as a radio news reporter in Augusta, Ga.<\/a>, and later as a television and online correspondent, Mr. Ford offered his audience a progressive perspective across a wide array of issues, including welfare rights, foreign policy and police misconduct.<\/p>\n

Read the entire obituary here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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