HEARING INDEX: RACISM, SEXISM & STEREOTYPING

Complaint	Hearing # Year	Decision	Media	Description
Offensive language	#22 1976	N	St. Paul Dispatch	Gay rights group objects to derogatory language in a column.
Negative, erroneous stereotypes (Wicca)	#35 1979	N/U*	Minneapolis Star	• Religion page perpetuated negative stereotypes about the occult and incorrectly associated witchcraft with satanic activities. • Article sexist in characterizing woman by age and marital status, but not man .
Stereotypical, inflammatory	#39 1979	U	Minneapolis Tribune	Professional boxing promoter complains that paper implied he was racist and affiliated with organized crime.
False accusations of racism	#45 1982	U	Proctor Journal	Proctor City Council complained of city council members being called racist bigots.
Sexist bias in news coverage	#71 1988	N	Pope County Tribune	Complainant says paper failed to give fair and adequate coverage of a sex-discrimination claim against a local manufacturer.
Promotes racist stereotypes, insensitive	#75 1988	N*	Star Tribune	Series on teenage pregnancy featuring a black girl offensive to black community and promoted racial prejudice.
Inaccurate and racially insensitive, misquote	#81 1990	N*/U	Star Tribune	• Article about The City, Inc. gave an .inaccurate and racially insensitive portrayal • Article misquoted Spike Moss as making a racist remark.
Inaccurate, misleading, stereotypic	#85 1990	N/N*	KARE-TV	• Series depicting abuses of welfare system by welfare recipients described as being inaccurate. • Focus of program misleading in that it emphasized fraud by welfare without putting public-assistance budget in perspective .
Unscientific survey	#100 1994	U	Worthington Daily Globe	"Survey" based on anonymous responses provided a platform for racist remarks and created environment of fear and hostility.
Editorial was unfair, misleading and sexist	#122 1999	U	Morris Sun/Tribune	Candidate charged that an editorial was inaccurate, misleading, unfair and sexist.