I heard this report on the radio version of The Morning Edition, and it was roughly the same as this article... but then Chris Boyd's (sp?) Think came on after, with a follow up about MTV during the same period, and it was almost entirely white flagellation. For every subject brought up about MTV's history and decision making process, there were two or more references to race as an unsubstantiated, assumed reason for what MTV did. I am so very, very tired of this near constant race baiting from NPR and affiliates, but I don't know how to make a difference. And yes, I do know all the arguments assuming that I'm only feeling uncomfortable because of my own privilege or whiteness or whatever, and all I can say without laughing too hard is that these arguments are extremely wrong.