This is why I founded a race & media watchdog column called “Reading Between the Lines” at Africana dot com in the late ‘90s. I analyzed coverage AND internal newsroom demographics and mapped it to public responses. It ran for 5yrs, the last 2 at AOL’s “Black Voices” site (🙄) after SkipGates sold it
August 30, 2026 at 5:51 PM
This is why I founded a race & media watchdog column called “Reading Between the Lines” at Africana dot com in the late ‘90s. I analyzed coverage AND internal newsroom demographics and mapped it to public responses. It ran for 5yrs, the last 2 at AOL’s “Black Voices” site (🙄) after SkipGates sold it
RT @matttbastard: #SkipGates: "There are one million black men in jail in this country and last Thursday I was one of them." #p2 #blck
November 6, 2024 at 2:52 PM
RT @matttbastard: #SkipGates: "There are one million black men in jail in this country and last Thursday I was one of them." #p2 #blck
#skipgates has taken off as a hashtag much more than #freeskip. This saddens me.
December 8, 2024 at 11:19 AM
#skipgates has taken off as a hashtag much more than #freeskip. This saddens me.
@elonjames You're oddly quiet today considering the brouhaha around #skipgates #freeskip
December 8, 2024 at 11:19 AM
@elonjames You're oddly quiet today considering the brouhaha around #skipgates #freeskip
I wonder if #skipgates tried to trace back other folks' roots in the holding cell. #freeskip
December 8, 2024 at 11:19 AM
I wonder if #skipgates tried to trace back other folks' roots in the holding cell. #freeskip
This just in: #skipgates arrested for merely being an angry black man. #freeskip
December 8, 2024 at 11:19 AM
This just in: #skipgates arrested for merely being an angry black man. #freeskip
#skipgates should have known better than to loiter in his own home. #freeskip
December 8, 2024 at 11:14 AM
#skipgates should have known better than to loiter in his own home. #freeskip
Don't blame the police, #skipgates was just being loud like all negros are (http://bit.ly/ZoVq1 #freeskip
think that black people are "loud"
I had lunch the other day with John, a long-time friend. ...
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December 8, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Don't blame the police, #skipgates was just being loud like all negros are (http://bit.ly/ZoVq1 #freeskip
I'd like to take a quick moment from talking about #skipgates to mention @SpreeWilson made the @okayplayer blog today http://bit.ly/3WOuU3
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December 8, 2024 at 11:14 AM
I'd like to take a quick moment from talking about #skipgates to mention @SpreeWilson made the @okayplayer blog today http://bit.ly/3WOuU3
Clearly #skipgates is going to make money off the impending civil suit, but think of the money he'll make off the subsequent book! #freeskip
December 8, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Clearly #skipgates is going to make money off the impending civil suit, but think of the money he'll make off the subsequent book! #freeskip
To what color should we change our Twitter avatars now in favor of #SkipGates? #freeskip
December 8, 2024 at 11:14 AM
To what color should we change our Twitter avatars now in favor of #SkipGates? #freeskip
RT @elonjames Getting a view of #SKIPGATES by following @harrislacewell @profblmkelley @marclamonthill
December 8, 2024 at 11:14 AM
RT @elonjames Getting a view of #SKIPGATES by following @harrislacewell @profblmkelley @marclamonthill
I haven't thought this much about modern black intellectual leaders since Morehouse. #skipgates #freeskip
December 8, 2024 at 11:14 AM
I haven't thought this much about modern black intellectual leaders since Morehouse. #skipgates #freeskip
When the BET Awards were on, black people took over Twitter. #SkipGates gets arrested and where did we all go? #freeskip
December 8, 2024 at 11:14 AM
When the BET Awards were on, black people took over Twitter. #SkipGates gets arrested and where did we all go? #freeskip
At least Chris Brown and Rihanna hold the Internet's heart while innocent men like #SkipGates get all this attention /sarcasm #freeskip
December 8, 2024 at 11:09 AM
At least Chris Brown and Rihanna hold the Internet's heart while innocent men like #SkipGates get all this attention /sarcasm #freeskip
A friend just reminded me the #skipgates fiasco is straight out of @jonhurwitz & @McSchlossberg's H&KGtWC
December 8, 2024 at 10:54 AM
A friend just reminded me the #skipgates fiasco is straight out of @jonhurwitz & @McSchlossberg's H&KGtWC
Either @aaronmcgruder, @jonhurwitz, or @McSchlossberg should ask Gary Anthony Williams what he's thinking right about now about #skipgates
December 8, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Either @aaronmcgruder, @jonhurwitz, or @McSchlossberg should ask Gary Anthony Williams what he's thinking right about now about #skipgates
Because I don't watch TV during the day, I didn't realize the Obama comment on #SkipGates was such a big deal...
December 8, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Because I don't watch TV during the day, I didn't realize the Obama comment on #SkipGates was such a big deal...
RT @EWGIII 1st Obama turns his back on Jeremiah Wright... Now on #skipgates. Who's next, Black America?
December 8, 2024 at 10:19 AM
RT @EWGIII 1st Obama turns his back on Jeremiah Wright... Now on #skipgates. Who's next, Black America?
As the son of a frail cardiac patient who was roughed up & detained by PG's finest, I'll cite Dilla on this 1. http://is.gd/1FENN #SkipGates
December 5, 2024 at 8:10 PM
As the son of a frail cardiac patient who was roughed up & detained by PG's finest, I'll cite Dilla on this 1. http://is.gd/1FENN #SkipGates
I wonder if po-po sprinkled crack around #SkipGates kitchen before they left. http://bit.ly/yTrjl
December 5, 2024 at 8:05 PM
I wonder if po-po sprinkled crack around #SkipGates kitchen before they left. http://bit.ly/yTrjl
RT @zentronix Lest we 4get: What happened to Skip Gates happened to Dr. Antwi Akom @ SFSU 4 yrs ago: http://www.justice4akom.com/ #skipgates
December 5, 2024 at 8:05 PM
RT @zentronix Lest we 4get: What happened to Skip Gates happened to Dr. Antwi Akom @ SFSU 4 yrs ago: http://www.justice4akom.com/ #skipgates
I don't walk on ice, much less (expletive) with some cop in my kitchen. I don't want another hip replacement. - #SkipGates http://tr.im/uf32
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December 5, 2024 at 7:34 PM
I don't walk on ice, much less (expletive) with some cop in my kitchen. I don't want another hip replacement. - #SkipGates http://tr.im/uf32
LOL! RT @elonjames CNN interviewed Ogletree on #SKIPGATES. He mentioned Gates has the flu & we all know how loud Blacks are with the flu...
November 22, 2024 at 8:25 AM
LOL! RT @elonjames CNN interviewed Ogletree on #SKIPGATES. He mentioned Gates has the flu & we all know how loud Blacks are with the flu...
Well said. RT @jsmooth995 this pretty much sums up my opinion of the gates thing: http://bit.ly/13Kcfw via @postbourgie #skipgates
November 22, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Well said. RT @jsmooth995 this pretty much sums up my opinion of the gates thing: http://bit.ly/13Kcfw via @postbourgie #skipgates