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Otherwise, don't expect the media to cover your story.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://lifestyle.msn.com/specialguides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5289082&page=2" href="http://lifestyle.msn.com/specialguides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5289082&page=2" style="font-size: 11px;">lifestyle.msn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifestyle.msn.com/specialguides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5289082&page=2"><P>"The answer is pure unconscious racism," says the Poynter Institute's Clark. 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