Award-winning Poynter Institute journalist discusses media’s role in covering controversial stories
Read full article: Award-winning Poynter Institute journalist discusses media’s role in covering controversial storiesGovernor Ron DeSantis says he’s concerned about the media manufacturing division all the time.
TIAA Bank Field becoming a place for protest statements
Read full article: TIAA Bank Field becoming a place for protest statementsTIAA Bank Field was the site of another protest statement Sunday before the Jaguars game. A confederate flag was flown over the stadium, with the words "put monuments back."
Jacksonville City Council responds to the “put monuments back” banner over TIAA Bank Field
Read full article: Jacksonville City Council responds to the “put monuments back” banner over TIAA Bank FieldThe Jacksonville City Council is responding to a banner that flew over TIAA Bank Field before the Jaguars game on Sunday. The banner had a Confederate flag and with the words “put monuments back” on it.
Florida county votes to keep Confederate Flag by courthouse
Read full article: Florida county votes to keep Confederate Flag by courthouseDEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. Florida county commissioners voted Tuesday against removing a Confederate Flag that has flown outside its courthouse since the Civil Rights era. Walton County commissioners voted 3-2 to leave the flag despite please from several residents who said it had hurtful racial undertones. Walton officials said they would not consider removing the city's Confederate memorial. Tyrone Broddus told commissioners Tuesday that the Confederate Flag flying in front of a public courthouse sends a clear message to African Americans. We come to the courthouse looking for justice and when we see the Confederate Flag or the Stars and Bars we realize we are still not receiving the justice we are guaranteed, he said.
Navy to ban displays of Confederate flag
Read full article: Navy to ban displays of Confederate flagAdm. Mike Gilday, chief of naval operations, said Tuesday that he directed his staff to begin crafting an order that would prohibit the Confederate battle flag from all public spaces and work areas aboard Navy installations, ships, aircraft and submarines. The Confederate battle flag has all too often been co-opted by violent extremist and racist groups whose divisive beliefs have no place in our Corps, the Corps said in a separate statement last Friday. Ten major Army installations are named for Confederate Army officers, mostly senior generals, including Robert E. Lee. Few voices in the military are openly defending the link to Confederate symbols, but some of the bases named for Confederate officers are legendary in their own right. Fort Bragg, for example, is home to some of the Armys most elite forces.