In discussing Black online opinion about the Democratic presidential campaign, Teresa Will of the Washington Post writes,

In these YouTubian times, there's a certain peril in conducting a multi-city stand-up comedy tour: Punch lines precede their progenitor. Which is to say, you probably already heard about Chris Rock's take on Hillary Clinton: "I think America's ready for a woman president, I really do -- but does it have to be that woman?" Or that he thinks John McCain is as old as dirt: "I don't need [a president] with a bucket list." And for weeks, the afrosphere been abuzz over Rock's oh-no-he-didn't take on Barack Obama's biggest handicap: "He has a black wife. . . . If Barack Obama really wants to be president, he needs to get him a white girl."  WaPost

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But here, in the nation's capital, Rock's political jokes took on a certain pointedness: "There, I said it. In Washington, D.C." And he had sharp words for Hillary Clinton's African American supporters ("We hate ourselves that much").

There, in the second row, was George Stephanopoulos, sliding farther and farther down in his seat but laughing nonetheless, even at the Hillary and Bill jokes. And there, in the third row, was political pundit Roland Martin, chortling and raising his hand in the air, shouting, "Right, right, right!"WaPost, (Citation to afrosphere definition added.)

Well, I wish the afrosphere reference had explained more clearly what they afrosphere is.  (The "afrosphere" is Black people self-determination bloggers and e-mailers and others online, not Black people regardless of whether we are online or not.)   However, this citation shows that we CAN define ourselves in the national media, by using terms that catch on.  (See "Is Your Blog Part of the Afrosphere/Blackosphere Movement?"   See also, "Exodus Mentality". See also, "Blackosphere v. Whitosphere: Silence is Never Golden."