Last week, investigative work by Jon Sanders and his subsequent blogging in “The Locker Room” led to nationwide reporting on the hate-filled comments of former NC State Professor of Africana Studies, Kamou Kambon. Among Kambon’s comments to a Howard University audience: “We have to exterminate white people off the face of the planet to solve this problem.” More than 40 web sites and blogs, as well as national radio and TV shows, picked up on Sanders’ blog and CJ Exclusive, and over the past few days, the list grew longer when “Special Report With Brit Hume” and “The O’Reilly Factor” on Fox News discussed the story, as did the Raleigh News & Observer on its front page. John Hood noted to staff that the path of the story is an excellent example of the power and potential of blogs posted in “The Locker Room” in framing arguments over policy and news, and communicating them quickly to a large audience.
