african-american voters. the president alluding to the employment crunch during his third annual back to school speech here in washington, d.c. more than 60% of the jobs in the next decade will require more than a high school diploma. more than 60%. that s the world that you re walking into. some black voters say the president has let them down when it comes to education and job creation. the obama campaign is trying to address those concerns as the election gets closer. let s turn to dan lothian. he s got more on this part of the story. president has always when talking about race and his policies, taken a big picture view, saying what he does helps not just african-americans, but all americans. well, this has not gone unnoticed and now as the president is courting black voters key to his success in 2008, some are frustrated. 9:00 a.m. on 95.5 fm, one of washington, d.c. s top urban radio stations, darian morgan serves up music, edgey talk and commercials. but of
a role? i personally want to make sure we re not doing things that we seem to almost bring attention to loud rhetoric. no one s calling for censorship, but at what point do we have to look in the mirror? i think the media s absolutely one of the partners in the blame on this, if you will. i think it can be spread around on all five fincke rs of a hand. we all reported, put the graphic up of the cross hairs. if it was not sort of portrayed by the media. i think there is some responsibility. i think the angry rhetoric, tth the vito tri ol comes on the media. it is our responsibility, if there is something insightful, to call it out and say, that s not necessarily right. and we all have this debate
internally. in this respect, you hear hateful rhetoric. do you cover it or not? because sometimes, you cover it and you bring more attention to it and you give a lunatic a platform. you know, somebody brought up the attention, a guy showed up at president obama rally with a gun and we interviewed him. should we not have put him on television? it s a call with every issue that you confront, but at the same time, i think what s important to remember is that it doesn t matter what the intent is of the what sarah palin has said or of the imagery. doesn t matter what the intent is. it s the perception and if something, perception becomes reality. she said retreat and reload was not a call to violence. correct. perception becomes reality. so i think it s just on behalf of the media, the politicians. we all need to just be a little