Race and Media Coverage of the Boston Marathon Tragedy

April 18, 2013 – Segment 2

Later in the hour, we look at race and media coverage in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing with Steven Salaita, Associate Professor of English at Virginia Tech and author of Anti-Arab Racism In The USA: Where It Comes From And What It Means For Politics Today; and Matt Gertz, Deputy Research Director at Media Matters.

To see the images the FBI just released of the two persons of interest in the Boston case, please click here.

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