Duane "Dog" Chapman, Don Imus, and Michael Richards have all made national news recently for making racist comments.  Each, having been fully and mercilessly covered by the mainstream media paid a price for his errors.  Some caught in the same circumstances, however, get a pass.  The latest example is left of center independent newspaper publisher Michael Lacey.  Lacey is the owner of Village Voice Media, a conglomerate of "alternative weeklies," including the New Times in Phoenix and the Village Voice in New York, which service a niche readership group in an increasingly growing number of markets throughout the country.Lacey used the N-word on April 4, 2008 while making a speech at a Phoenix awards banquet which honored a deceased African-American journalist.  (The date also happens to be the 40th anniversary of the King assassination).  Lacey referred to another deceased journalist as "my n------". ...(Read Full Post)