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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

Candy Crowley defends campaign journalists

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Sep 16 2008, 1:24 PM ET Comment

I get what she's saying, but saying that Barack Obama stretches the truth to, doesn't really address the fundamental argument--that the media should check these mo-fos when they lie. It's true that telling people that a presidential candidate wants to teach sex-ed to five-year olds is pretty extreme, but that said If Barack is lying, check him too, The point isn't that the media should be harder on just McCain, it's that they should do their job with all candidates. Saying "Well the other guy does it to" isn't a "get of your job free" card.



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