Commentary: The Question CalMatters Asked About a Lawmaker’s Handbag - And the One It Refused to Answer

Commentary: The Question CalMatters Asked About a Lawmaker’s Handbag — And the One It Refused to Answer | Observer Group Newspapers of Southern California, inc.

Since California Black Media (CBM) reported that CalMatters asked Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) whether the Louis Vuitton bag she carried at a Capitol event was “real or fake,” much has been said –just not clearly, or publicly, by CalMatters.

Commentary: The Question CalMatters Asked About a Lawmaker’s Handbag - And the One It Refused to Answer

By Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media  Since California Black Media (CBM) reported that CalMatters asked Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) whether the Louis Vuitton bag she carried at a Capitol event was “real or fake,” much has been said –just not clearly, or publicly, by CalMatters. In the two weeks since the question — and the editorial decision behind it — sparked backlash and accusations of racial bias, CalMatters has issu…