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What Digital Divide?

To wrap up this week’s Tell Me Mobile series about technology in communities of color, host Michel Martin explores the downsides for a new generation living in a wired world. She speaks with S. Craig Watkins. He’s a professor of Radio, Television and Film at the University at the University of Texas at Austin, and the author of The Young and the Digital: What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future.

What Digital Divide?

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The Tricky Ethics Of Video In A YouTube Era

Some media observers are questioning why important players -- including the White House -- didn’t notice that the original and controversial video clips of former Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod had been edited. Host Michel Martin speaks with blogger Richard Prince, author of "Journal-isms" an online publication about diversity issues in the media, and Andy Carvin, senior strategist for NPR’s Social Media desk about the ethics of airing videos found on the Web, and the vetting of information found on social media sites.

The Tricky Ethics Of Video In A YouTube Era

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Power Players And Profanity: It Can Be &%#@ Risky

During the 2000 presidential campaign, the microphone caught then-candidate George Bush calling a New York Times reporter a "major-league a******." Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

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Power Players And Profanity: It Can Be &%#@ Risky

Presidents and other powerful people sometimes drop a bomb too close to the microphone. It's not always a mistake. There's a strategy to swearing, but what works and what doesn’t when it comes to profanity in high places?

Power Players And Profanity: It Can Be &%#@ Risky

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High Stakes, But No High Drama At Kagan Hearings

From left, Sens. Charles Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), during Wednesday's session. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images hide caption

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Elena Kagan's Supreme Court Nomination

High Stakes, But No High Drama At Kagan Hearings

ANALYSIS: Other news has overshadowed the confirmation hearings, and a Democratic majority in the Senate has made the outcome seem almost predetermined.

Listen To NPR's Special Report On Day 2 Of Elena Kagan's Hearing

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Gulf Oil Spill: Containment And Clean Up

Offshore Oil Industry Gets Breaks From Washington

The federal Minerals Management Service collects revenues from oil production on federal lands. But the MMS record on royalties and leases is one of deference to the industry. The past 30 years show the offshore oil industry winning a long series of breaks engineered by Congress, the White House and MMS.

Offshore Oil Industry Gets Breaks From Washington

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