Racial Essentialism Corrupts Mainstream News Coverage

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Then-Republican gubernatorial candidate for Virginia Glenn Youngkin speaks with media outlets at a campaign event in Alexandria, Va., October 30, 2021.

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Welcome back to “Forgotten Fact-Checks,” a weekly column produced by National Review’s News Desk. This week, we wonder what else the Washington Post might ascribe to whiteness, why 60 Minutes would lean on Miles “Anonymous” Taylor, and hit more media misses.

CRT’s March Through the Media

Isaac Schorr

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Isaac Schorr

Isaac Schorr is an editor at Mediaite and a 2023–2024 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow at the Fund for American Studies.

Brittany Bernstein

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Brittany Bernstein

Brittany Bernstein is the deputy news editor of National Review Online.

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