Otis Sanford
Columnist
Otis Sanford is professor emeritus of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and political commentator for WATN-TV ABC24 News. Contact him at o.sanford@memphis.edu.
There are 235 articles by Otis Sanford :
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November 2018
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Otis Sanford “Everything is not about race,” Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant boldly proclaimed this week while struggling to defend an indefensible comment from the person he handpicked to be an interim U.S. senator. -
Opinion Sanford: Tennessee is clearly a microcosm of our current national politics – hopelessly divisive
Phil Bredesen spent his last four minutes and 12 seconds in the spotlight Tuesday night coming to grips with the sobering reality that his time in politics is over. -
Otis Sanford Sanford: Decisions – whether at the voting booth, in the classroom or in life – have consequences
“People make choices. Choices make history.”
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October 2018
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Otis Sanford Kelsey-Salinas race speaks to the current divisive nature of politics
The politics of fear and division, playing out at the national level, has literally hit home. -
Otis Sanford Telling police officers to keep silent undermines investigations and cripples justice
Picture this scenario: A man with a gun is chasing on foot another man, who may or may not be armed. -
Otis Sanford Taylor Swift won’t give Bredesen an upset victory, an oversized voter turnout in Shelby County will
Taylor Swift may have gotten all the media attention for potentially upping the vote. -
Otis Sanford Trenary’s legacy lives on and we’re all obligated to help carry his work forward
What might he have been thinking? And what was he saying?
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September 2018
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Otis Sanford Lee seems well-positioned to break the 52-year trend of the governor’s office alternating between the two major parties - or is he?
If you believe the polls, Republican Bill Lee is steamrolling toward victory in the Tennessee governor’s race. -
Otis Sanford Potentially game-changing Blackburn-Bredesen Senate race features two strategies: national vs. local
Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn is doing all she can to nationalize her race for the U.S. Senate. -
Sanford’s goals: Inform, enlighten and provoke (when necessary)
It was unusually cold in Memphis – even for the dead of winter – with a couple inches of fresh snow on the ground when I checked in at the metro desk of The Commercial Appeal on Jan. 10, 1977, for my first day as a general assignment reporter. My initial assignment, of course, was to write a weather story. Then as now, even a minor snowfall is a serious disruptor in Memphis and front-page news.
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