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Article: The wit and wisdom of Dusty Baker
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- July 12, 2003
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Basic journalism, as well as common sense, dictates that it is not
good form to disclose the race of a person who may be involved in a
news story unless that fact is clearly pertinent to the story. One
violates this guideline at risk of becoming labeled with the dreaded
"r" word, as any reporter of even modest tenure in these sensitive
times can attest.
There are times, however, when the newsmaker's race is obviously
the only reason for the news story to see the light of day. That was
the case with a recent story involving Chicago Cubs manager Dusty
Baker that has been pounced upon by those politically correct souls
among us who live to be offended.
Baker, who is black, got himself hung up ...