"I learn stuff that the mainstream press is not covering," he said.

Sometimes they scoop the mainstream press, particularly on matters having to do with China.

Then you run it through a mainstream press always ready for photo and print opportunities.

You can get the same info in any of the mainstream press.

Black women, he said, do not often see their concerns directly addressed in the mainstream press.

The program leaves the impression that the mainstream press has not done their stories justice either.

I know the mainstream press is interested in a more generic story.

The book was generally well received by the mainstream press.

Interest in the series occurred outside the mainstream press, as the story spread through black talk radio and the Internet.

Writing about them for the mainstream press was not; it felt like joining the enemy.