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Re: A Black CNN?

g-e-m2001 — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:40:00 -0000

JC Watts will be on my podcast tonight at 8:00PM CST (May 29, 2008)

You can listen live at blogtalkradio.com/blackwomen.

The show is called the Black Women's ROundtable we MAAAAY have someone from the DNCC on as well to talk abotu the blogging controversy.

Re: A Black CNN?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:55:00 -0000

Look ! What has JC ever done to merit the trust of most Black folk ?

He was in league with GOP program lock step . Hell, even so called Reagan Democrats are tired of GOP foolishness .

I don't trust JC to do anything that serves the interest of non-wealthy community oriented Black folk .

Re: A Black CNN?

markg8 — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:01:00 -0000

I respect Watts' accomplishments as a college football player. As a politician or a commentator? Nah.

Re: A Black CNN?

SquarePeg — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:42:00 -0000

Harold Ford. A true, true sell-out. When you try to garner votes from white folks by trying to change your grandma to a white woman, I mean what more needs to be said about,

Harold Ford.

Re: A Black CNN?

Nita — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:50:00 -0000

we had a black CNN. it was sold out for booty music because booty music makes more money than news, apparently.

i'm WAY more concerned about soft-news and no-news than I am about conservative viewpoints.

Re: A Black CNN?

Phil Davis — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:41:00 -0000

I think we should all keep blogging.

Big money will never support anything but a big money agenda.

Don't expect much.

Blog on Brothers and sisters. Blog on.

Re: A Black CNN?

rikyrah — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:29:00 -0000

non delusional,

I tape Tony Brown EVERY WEEK. Sorry I didn't include him on my list, but he'd be there too. If I could see Tony Brown on a regular basis, I would be happy.

Re: A Black CNN?

The Christian Progressive Libe — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:23:00 -0000

SquarePeg:

When Tom DeLay became Majority Whip, that's when Watts split the scene.

DeLay pretty much told him he'd be nothing more than water carrier for the ReThugs. The Bugman was the one denying Watts those plum committee assignments that had been promised to him by Hastert and others for fronting for the GOP.

I personally lost respect for Watts when the Mark Foley Pedophile Page Scandal broke, and this clown was on Fox Network actually trying to defend his ass preying upon teenage pages.

Re: A Black CNN?

The Christian Progressive Libe — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:18:00 -0000

Remember what J.C. Watts, Sr., said about his own son:

"A Vote For A Republican, is like a Chicken Voting for Colonel Sanders."

If Watts, Sr. said that about his own son (Watts, Jr.), we'd better get more skeptical about this arrangement than Skeptical Brotha.

I'm agreeing with SquarePeg: he's the perfect front man to sell Reich Wing Propaganda with a Black Face, and if Harold Ford doesn't have a place in that lineup, he'll force one.

I wish I could say he couldn't be worse than Bob Johnson, but look what Bob Johnson did, and he's supposedly a Democrat.

Re: A Black CNN?

Michael Davis-Dallas Progress — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:55:00 -0000

I'm slightly skeptical, but can it be any worse than BET?

Re: A Black CNN?

D. — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:25:00 -0000

Too conservative, and most blacks don't watch it.

Too liberal, and it's not credible.

Guess we'll see.

Re: A Black CNN?

Ms.Martin — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:42:00 -0000

goldenah

They have a small startup website running now.

Re: A Black CNN?

GoldenAh — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:21:00 -0000

Hopefully, they have a website that broadcasts their programming as well. I don't own a TV.

Re: A Black CNN?

Chica Dificil — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:13:00 -0000

Glad Jack & Jill is on the case & monitoring the haps on the situation. Props! We gotta be on gaurd from onslaught of conservative right wing propaganda written under the guise of journalism.

Re: A Black CNN?

Anonymous — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:52:00 -0000

Its a service that is long over due and needed since Bob 'booty shaking' Johnson axed the news on BET, which was not the highest caliber show, but, better than the nothing that is here now. That said, I doubt if it would be picked up by most cable outlets, other than ones with large African Americans in the viewing area, which means, many of us who live in parts of the country with a small AA population would not see it, like mine where there is no TV ONE and my calls to the cable company, no demand for it. But, in the end, I say give it a try, if the numbers are low due to a right win freak show, it will be dropped, if its fair and shows both sides, it might have a chance to survive, after all Hispanics and Asians have their own news that thrive.

Re: A Black CNN?

SquarePeg — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:53:00 -0000

ronnie b,

J.C. Watts WAS the front man for the Republican Party while he was in Congress. When he was passed over for some of the plume appointments to committees he desired only then did this Republican sycophant realize that his desire to be different from the other Negroes, that he was the one being played.

That is why he decided not to run again and used that old tired and sorry excuse he wanted to spend moe time with his family--puleeeze.

His own father said being a Black Republican is like the chicken liking Colonel Sanders.

Now after all he has been through with his brother republicans, lets see if he has learned any true and hard lessions from that I am sure was an eye opening experience dealing with the racists, con artists, greedy corporatists, moral-less family values hypocrites, and the assorted crew of corrupt, leeches that make up the Republican party.

Re: A Black CNN?

Ms.Martin — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:47:00 -0000

Bring it on.

Re: A Black CNN?

Ronnie B — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:29:00 -0000

With all due respect, I say let the black viewing audience decide if this idea viable.

If BTNC turns out to be a "Fox News for da 'Hood" remix AND viewers find the content objectionable, it won't stay on the air.

I agree. Atlanta and Chicago are excellent markets for informative, inclusive and positive television programming by and for Black people. If it starts to sell Black buffoonery, coonery or thuggery, it won't last.

Re: A Black CNN?

Pamela — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:25:00 -0000

I think it would be wonderful to have a network where black conservatives and liberals, republicans and democrats, domestic and international discussed the news of the day that affects us and to a greater extent the world given that we do make up a large block of the population.

Black people are not the same everywhere, we are rich, we are struggling, we come from nuclear families, we come from single part homes or grow through extended family environments. We are business people, athletes, entertainers, doctors, lawyers, farmers, shift workers, service professionals. To just focus on one point of view would be a disservice to our races and the others that tune in.

So while I respect the poster who wrote:

The right-wing conservatives have been trying to a least a decade to chip away at the black voting bloc to try and persuade some of us to vote Republican, even if it is against our own self-interest, by appealing to the selfishness of the me, me, me that is so prevalent in the Republican Party.

I think having a channel where black people on both sides discuss their positions will get us past accepting such absolutes for our race. I am not defined by Al Sharpton or Michael Steele but I think both arguments should be heard.

And if they could get Condi in a debate with Tubbs-Jones, I would love it.

Re: A Black CNN?

Ronnie B — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:21:00 -0000

The term "bastion of left wing orthodoxy" is about as Republican-white-guy as one can get. Yet you criticize people for not being independent-minded.

Funny.

Re: A Black CNN?

Non Delusional — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:06:00 -0000

Why do all the voices you tout come from the bastions of left wing orthodoxy? What about Tony Brown? He's more informed than three quarters of the Negroes you mentioned.

Black people need to get off the left wing plantation and start becoming more independent minded. Melissa Harris-Lacewell?? Give me a break?

How about some black folk who aren't trying to media pimp themselves under the B.S. title of "public intellectual." When will negroes learn.

Re: A Black CNN?

Denise — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:33:00 -0000

With all due respect, I say let the black viewing audience decide if this idea viable.

If BTNC turns out to be a "Fox News for da 'Hood" remix AND viewers find the content objectionable, it won't stay on the air.

Re: A Black CNN?

Ronnie B — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:30:00 -0000

JC Watts is only the front man to serve up a right wing agenda intended to misdirect and distract African Americans from seeing what they are doing behind the curtain.

squarepeg,

That's precisely the reason that Watts left Congress. The Republicans wanted him to be a front man; a token; window dressing. And Watts wasn't having it.

Re: A Black CNN?

SquarePeg — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:59:00 -0000

JC Watts is only the front man to serve up a right wing agenda intended to misdirect and distract African Americans from seeing what they are doing behind the curtain.

The right-wing conservatives have been trying to a least a decade to chip away at the black voting bloc to try and persuade some of us to vote Republican, even if it is against our own self-interest, by appealing to the selfishness of the me, me, me that is so prevalent in the Republican Party.

This is the same Republican Party that did all it could to disenfranchise Blacks at every turn by denying them any chance at opportunities, yet when they accomplish these goals IN SPITE OF

these people, they are then welcomed to join the Republican Party, hypocrites all.

If this is the kind of network this will be, count me out. Black folks are not as gullible as some seem to think, as we have had to discern who had our best interest at heart and who was the lesser of the two evils ever since we have been in this country, and I would dare say, we will be able to recognize what this is pretty quickly.

Re: A Black CNN?

heartsandflowers — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:52:00 -0000

Well I believe a group of individuals can target him for proper inclusion so that this network will be fair and balanced and include more aspects of the Black community - not just in the US - but around the world. Oprah's OWN also launches in 2009.