FAIR Study: -
I ightlinel racist,
conservative
. The media watch grou p,
FAIR, issued the results of its
study: "Are You on the
Nightline Guest List? - An
Analysis Of 40 Months Of
Nightline Programming."
The 45- page report con­
cludes that one's lilcelihood of
appearing on ightline's guest
list is enhanced by being a white,
make member ot the govern - -
ment, military or corporate es­
tablishment.
The study found that certain
pub lie in terest viewpoin ts
(peace movement, consumer
rights, labor, etc.) were hardly
visible on Nightline. "The nar­
row range of guests," the report
asserts, "makes Nightline a fun­
damentally conservative politi-
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erlca s i
"The narrow range
of guests makes
ightline a
fu�amentally
conservative
pOlitical program."
BE 0 ice easing Af lean-
By Flodea So °
Capital News SeIVice ,
LA SING - Minority Busi­
ness Enterprise is not aU talk
and no affirmative action.
Car yin U pshaw- Royal,
operations director, said her
state office was originally estab­
lished by law to help minority
busines es in their program­
ming. ince the office opened its
doors m re that seven years ago
its servi s have overlapped into
other areas, including the role of
an information and education
network
The state Department of
Commerce makes many ser­
vices such as the enterprise of­
fice available to business and
sometimes minority business
are unaware of these resources,
she said
"What we do is make
(minority businesses) under­
stand how the system works,"
she said, "We make sure
minority businesses have access
to those services (offered)."
Along ith opening net­
works and educating busines­
sowners, the office also par-
ticipates in a series of conferen­
ces thoughout Michigan, Up­
shaw-Royal said
A major event held in con­
junction with the state depart­
ment is the MO ority procure­
ment Dialogue Conference,
which is sceduled for its eighth
annual meeting on May 15 and
16 in Lansing.
Tbis is the p ime opportunity
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LA I G - In a pecial
tatemcnt the Michi n gis-
I rive Black ucus, r pre­
senting African American legis-
1 tors in Michi n tated that
vernor J arne Blanchard's
1 tate of the tate Ad ess
did not adequa ely deal ith
p obJems of Michigan cities.
"Th Governor's addre s it
c rged "is ambiguous on
economic devel pm nt in dis­
tressed ares ."
The caucus called for:
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onyers CCi) mittee to
I . I
explore court rul ng
8yTedJo
Special to Michigan Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
dmgressman John Conyers, Jr.
(D-MI) has coupled a cond m­
na 'on of the recent Suprem
Court decision on local setaside
programs for minority rums
� the announcement that his
Cdmmittee on Government
Operations will review "ap­
propriate legislative responses"
to lessen the impact of the court
ruling.
n a 6-3 decision, the
Supreme Court found that a
Richmond (VA) set-aside
pr ram, which heltered 30
per cent of that city's construe­
tion contracts for minorities,
was a form of r verse dis­
crimination and unconstitution­
al.
The decision, hile not af­
fec ing Federal set-aside
programs, does require a State
or Local government to estab­
lish that discrimination exist
whi in its jurisdiction before it
may tailor an affirmative ction
res'nonse to deal with the
speqnc problem.
"This Reagan Court is lead-
n bu ine
form 'minority businesses to
meet and talk with major con­
tractors. Business owners and
representatives are able 0
lob Y their products and ser­
vices and 'contractors are the e
to tell them exactly what they
want, she said.
1l'he state department also
sets up trade misssions with
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CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH -
Read a book, attend a lecture, visit the African-American
History Museum, ask the elders about the past. · .