It really is annoying to know that Whites totally dominate the news media. Nowadays, I wait for little opinion pieces that sum up the events in America (from a Black perspective) as reported or narrated by Gil Noble every Sunday or by a guy who does 10 second commentaries on Kathy Hughes' cable channel, TV One. It just saddens and angers me that these are, basically, the only real television/cable opportunities we have where we get to hear about world news from our P.O.V.
I recently read (in a myspace bulletin) that Black conservative, J.C. Watts is planning to launch a 24/7 "Black" news station. My concern is, considering who's launching it; it may be more of a White news station (with Black faces). I think, given the racially bias way the White news media has handled the Clinton-Obama primary, White mainstream media has lost even greater respect and trust in the Black community. This "Black" news station (proposed by conservative J.C. Watts) may be a way for the biased White media to continue racial bias in reporting but now through a "Black" news station. I don't know... I guess we'll have to wait and see with that one.
In the meantime, I hope this station expands shows that do more news coverage. Nowadays, I don't even watch the major White news channels because of the racial bias and the wording of topics/events. There was a time when Black people had a nightly news show on B.E.T. But as the Black owner began to give up control of that cable station (just before selling it to non-Blacks), that news show was phased out.
As things grow more hostile toward Blacks in this country (blatant media bias, police brutality that seems to be condoned by the legal system, nooses found in places Black people congregate and/or work, etc.), how will we communicate to each other about what is happening? You know there's a saying that when you are in a war with a people, the first objective is to get rid of their ability to communicate with one another. Looking at the Black community, I suppose this tactic is also employed when stepping up the oppression of a people who are not even militarily equipped to defend themselves, let alone engage in a 'war' with the aggressor.
I just know that there are more people with cable/broadcast TV and radios in their homes than there are with regular internet access. And with this lack of Black-owned TV stations and news shows, plus a growing White corporate effort to get rid of community operated channels like MNN in New York, there is no way for many Black people to really know what is happening to Black people in California or in Kentucky like Whites can use the news media to keep up to date on what is happening to Whites in Washington or in Texas. And even when you can access the internet, you have to weed through numerous White perspectives (many of them racist and mocking Blacks) to get to valid, credible news items reported from a Black perspective.
Amazing and disturbing. You decide.
Peace and Blessings
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