Redding News Review
{{short description|American news aggregation website}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Redding News Review
| logo = Redding News Review logo.jpg
| url = {{URL|ReddingNewsReview.com}}
| registration = Yes
| language = English
| owner = Rob Redding
| author = Rob Redding
| editor = Rob Redding
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2002}}
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
| current_status = Active
| website_type = News site
| advertising = Yes
}}
{{Italic title}}Redding News Review was a Sirius XM radio show that developed into a subscriber-supported podcast. It focuses on Black news and was founded by Rob Redding.{{cite news |newspaper=Washington Post|title=1 in 3 Americans say violence against government can be justified, citing fears of political schism, pandemic Image|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/01/1-3-americans-say-violence-against-government-can-be-justified-citing-fears-political-schism-pandemic}}
Production
Rob Redding founded Redding News Review to compete with mainstream news organizations and cover under-reported issues.{{cite thesis |last1=Akil |first1=Bakari |title=African American News Websites: Publishers' Views, Perspectives and Experiences in Relation to the Social Construction of News, Online News and the Black Press |date=2007 |id={{ProQuest|304871357}} |oclc=156928853 |url=http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-0146 }}
Redding News Review was hosted on Sirius XM between 2012 and 2013{{Cite web |title=Did a Texas A&M Professor Advocate Killing White People? |url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/06/02/texas-professor-white-people/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Snopes.com |date=2 June 2017 |language=en-US}} and later became a podcast. The podcast was named "Redding News Review Unrestricted" in 2014.{{cite web |publisher=Urban Insite |title=Rob Redding Podcast Celebrates 10 Years |date=8 May 2024 |url=https://www.urbaninsite.com/news/rob-redding-podcast-celebrates-10-years}}
= Content =
A 2013 interview with Stromae explored the extent of racism in Belgium.{{Cite web |title=Stromae: "Le problème n'est pas le racisme. C'est juste l'argent" |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/stromae-le-probleme-n-est-pas-le-racisme-c-est-juste-l-argent-8145770 |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=RTBF |language=fr}}
The show has a regular feature called Talking Tough with Curry featuring discussions with Tommy J. Curry.{{Cite web |date=2017-08-03 |title=What is a black professor in America allowed to say? |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/03/what-is-a-black-professor-in-america-allowed-to-say-tommy-j-curry |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} A 2012 episode resulted in Curry receiving death threats after Curry's jokes about violence against white people were taken out of context and shared online by journalist Rod Dreher.{{Cite web |last=Surette |first=Rusty |title=A&M Professor responds to criticism, says life has been threatened |url=https://www.kbtx.com/content/news/AM-Professor-responds-to-criticism-says-his-life-has-been-threatened-422133624.html |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=KBTX |date=12 May 2017 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Kolowich |first=Steve |date=26 July 2017 |title=Tough Talk |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/tough-talk/ |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=www.chronicle.com}}
Reception and influence
In May 2024, Urban Insite wrote that the podcast has been has celebrated a "decade and 2000th episode this week dominating Black news online with his podcast 'Redding News Review Unrestricted.'
In August 2011, the web site appears to also have been targeted by The Washington Times newspaper, where Redding once worked.{{cite web |publisher=journal-isms |title=Washington Times Reins In Staffers Who Blog|url=https://www.journal-isms.com/2011/08/archive-5508/}}
In November 2011, a report about President Obama being concerned about the Troy Davis case, which was denied by the White House.{{cite web |publisher=Huffington Post |title=White House: No Troy Davis Call By President Obama, Despite Blogger's Claim |date=27 September 2011 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-house-denies-radio-_n_983949}}
The site won three Black Web Awards in 2008, 2009 and 2010.{{cite web |publisher=BlackWebAwards.com |title=Year Two Winners |url=http://blackwebawards.com/2008/index.php/Year-Two-Winners.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511175953/http://blackwebawards.com/2008/index.php/Year-Two-Winners.html |archive-date=11 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}
The site has been placed in the "vanguard of Internet news sites."{{cite web |publisher=All Access |title=10 Questions with ... Robert 'Rob' Redding Jr |url=https://www.allaccess.com/news-talk-sports/10-questions/archive/4766-10-questions-with-robert-rob-redding-jr}} The site has also been called a "clearing house for African-American news."{{cite web |publisher=Atlanta Journal & Constitution |title=On how Andy Young's comments on Obama came to light |url=http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2007/12/10/more_on_those_obama_comments_b.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516010645/http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2007/12/10/more_on_those_obama_comments_b.html |archive-date=16 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}