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Redding News Review

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Redding News Review
Type of site
News site
Available inEnglish
OwnerRob Redding
Created byRob Redding
EditorRob Redding
URLreddingnewsreview.com
AdvertisingYes
RegistrationYes
Launched2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Current statusActive

Redding News Review was a Sirius XM radio show that developed into a subscriber-supported podcast. It focuses on Black news and was founded by Rob Redding.[1]

Production

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Rob Redding founded Redding News Review to compete with mainstream news organizations and cover under-reported issues.[2]

Redding News Review was hosted on Sirius XM between 2012 and 2013[3] and later became a podcast. [1] The podcast was named "Redding News Review Unrestricted" in 2014. [4]

Content

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A 2013 interview with Stromae explored the extent of racism in Belgium.[5]

The show has a regular feature called Talking Tough with Curry featuring discussions with Tommy J. Curry.[6] A 2012 episode resulted in Curry receiving death threats after Curry's jokes about violence against white people were taken out of context and shared online by journalist Rod Dreher.[3][7][8]

Reception and influence

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In May 2024, Urban Insite wrote that the podcast has been has celebrated a "decade and 2000th episode this week dominating Black news online with his podcast 'Redding News Review Unrestricted.' [4]

In August 2011, the web site appears to also have been targeted by The Washington Times newspaper, where Redding once worked.[9]

In November 2011, a report about President Obama being concerned about the Troy Davis case, which was denied by the White House.[10]

The site won three Black Web Awards in 2008, 2009 and 2010.[11]

The site has been placed in the "vanguard of Internet news sites."[12] The site has also been called a "clearing house for African-American news."[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "1 in 3 Americans say violence against government can be justified, citing fears of political schism, pandemic Image". Washington Post.
  2. ^ Akil, Bakari (2007). African American News Websites: Publishers' Views, Perspectives and Experiences in Relation to the Social Construction of News, Online News and the Black Press (Thesis). OCLC 156928853. ProQuest 304871357.
  3. ^ a b "Did a Texas A&M Professor Advocate Killing White People?". Snopes.com. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  4. ^ a b "Rob Redding Podcast Celebrates 10 Years". Urban Insite. 8 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Stromae: "Le problème n'est pas le racisme. C'est juste l'argent"". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  6. ^ "What is a black professor in America allowed to say?". the Guardian. 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  7. ^ Surette, Rusty (12 May 2017). "A&M Professor responds to criticism, says life has been threatened". KBTX. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  8. ^ Kolowich, Steve (26 July 2017). "Tough Talk". www.chronicle.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  9. ^ "Washington Times Reins In Staffers Who Blog". journal-isms.
  10. ^ "White House: No Troy Davis Call By President Obama, Despite Blogger's Claim". Huffington Post. 27 September 2011.
  11. ^ "Year Two Winners". BlackWebAwards.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008.
  12. ^ "10 Questions with ... Robert 'Rob' Redding Jr". All Access.
  13. ^ "On how Andy Young's comments on Obama came to light". Atlanta Journal & Constitution. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008.